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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the duration of the Earth's revolution around the Sun. Exam question 4 of lesson 112 «Leap years and 29 February birthdays» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 4 · Leap years and 29 February birthdays

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the duration of the Earth's revolution around the Sun.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts, Earth · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, revolt · **To what, where:** response, duration, Sun.

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 112 «Leap years and 29 February birthdays» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the duration of the Earth's revolution around the Sun.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	revolution	revolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
19	around	around	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Sun.	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the duration of the Earth's revolution around the Sun. |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus duration=Experiencer |
| 5 | **revolt** |  | the Earth |  |  | the Sun. |  |  | nom revolution «event intransitive»: poss=agent around=place |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Approximately 360 days and 6 hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays:e4:o1:1
# text = Approximately 360 days and 6 hours
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	360	360	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Approximately 365 days, 5 hours and 49 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays:e4:o2:1
# text = Approximately 365 days, 5 hours and 49 minutes
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	365	365	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	49	49	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Precisely 365 days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays:e4:o3:1
# text = Precisely 365 days
1	Precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	365	365	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Precisely 366 days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays:e4:o4:1
# text = Precisely 366 days
1	Precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	366	366	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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