--- title: It is given that the present date is 20 November. Determine the numb… — Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps" · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that the present date is 20 November. Determine the number of nights remaining until 25 December. Exam question 1 of lesson 114 «Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps/e1/) [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/) / [Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps" It is given that the present date is 20 November. Determine the number of nights remaining until 25 December. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** present date, you, nights · **What happens:** give, be, determine, remain · **To what, where:** It, 20, number This is exam question 1 of lesson 114 «Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"» 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/114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps/#e1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that the present date is 20 November. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:e1:1 # text = It is given that the present date is 20 November. 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 _ 9 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ 10 November November PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod: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 | **is a** | present | the present date | 20 | | | november | | tree rules | 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:* Determine the number of nights remaining until 25 December. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:e1:2 # text = Determine the number of nights remaining until 25 December. 1 Determine determine 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 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 remaining remain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 until until ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 25 25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ 9 December December PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of nights | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **remain** | gerund | nights *not said here* | | | | until 25 December | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Thirty-five ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:e1:o1:1 # text = Thirty-five 1 Thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Five ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:e1:o2:1 # text = Five 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Twenty-five ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:e1:o3:1 # text = Twenty-five 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Forty-five ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:e1:o4:1 # text = Forty-five 1 Forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five 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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