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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the reckoning of age in South Korea since 2023. Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the reckoning of age in South Korea since 2023.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, reckon · **To what, where:** response, reckoning, age

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the reckoning of age in South Korea since 2023.
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	reckoning	reckoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	Korea	Korea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	since	since	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	2023	2023	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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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 reckoning of age in South Korea |  |  | since 2023 |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reckoning=Experiencer |
| 5 | **reckon** |  |  | age in South Korea |  |  |  |  | nom reckoning «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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All birthdays are celebrated on New Year's Day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:e4:o1:1
# text = All birthdays are celebrated on New Year's Day
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | present · passive |  | all birthdays |  |  | on New Year's Day |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The reckoning of age has been abolished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:e4:o2:1
# text = The reckoning of age has been abolished
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reckoning	reckoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	abolished	abolish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abolish** | present · perfect · passive |  | the reckoning of age |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **reckon** |  |  | age |  |  |  |  | nom reckoning «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Every citizen is counted as one year old at birth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:e4:o3:1
# text = Every citizen is counted as one year old at birth
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	citizen	citizen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present · passive |  | every citizen |  | birth |  | as old | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as old=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The international method has been made official for most purposes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:e4:o4:1
# text = The international method has been made official for most purposes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	international	international	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	purposes	purpose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · perfect · passive |  | the international method |  |  |  | for most purposes; official *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for purpose=Asset |

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