--- title: It is given that a summer vacation endures six weeks. Ascertain the… — Seasons, terms and holidays · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a summer vacation endures six weeks. Ascertain the number of days thereby comprised. Exam question 2 of lesson 113 «Seasons, terms and holidays» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/113-seasons-terms-and-holidays/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Seasons, terms and holidays](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/113-seasons-terms-and-holidays/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Seasons, terms and holidays It is given that a summer vacation endures six weeks. Ascertain the number of days thereby comprised. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** summer vacation, you · **What happens:** give, endure, ascertain, comprise · **To what, where:** It, number, days This is exam question 2 of lesson 113 «Seasons, terms and holidays» 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/113-seasons-terms-and-holidays/#e2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a summer vacation endures six weeks. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:e2:1 # text = It is given that a summer vacation endures six weeks. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 vacation vacation NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 endures endure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **endure** | present | a summer vacation | | | | week | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain the number of days thereby comprised. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:e2:2 # text = Ascertain the number of days thereby comprised. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 comprised comprise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of days | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **comprise** | participle | | days *not said here* | | | | thereby *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Forty-eight ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:e2:o1:1 # text = Forty-eight 1 Forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Forty-two ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:e2:o2:1 # text = Forty-two 1 Forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Sixty ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:e2:o3:1 # text = Sixty 1 Sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Thirty-six ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:e2:o4:1 # text = Thirty-six 1 Thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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