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title: Identify the principal reason for which Rosh Hashanah invariably occ… — Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Isl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which Rosh Hashanah invariably occurs in September or October. Exam question 3 of lesson 117 «Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish calendars, and Christmas in Ukraine» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 3 · Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish cale…

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Identify the principal reason for which Rosh Hashanah invariably occurs in September or October.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Rosh · **What happens:** identify, occur · **To what, where:** principal reason

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 117 «Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish calendars, and Christmas in Ukraine» 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/117-other-calendars/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:e3:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which Rosh Hashanah invariably occurs in September or October.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	Rosh	Rosh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	Hashanah	Hashanah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
9	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	occurs	occur	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	September	September	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	October	October	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **occur** | present | Rosh |  |  |  | september | for the principal reason; invariably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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An additional month is inserted in certain years, keeping the calendar in step with the Sun

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:e3:o1:1
# text = An additional month is inserted in certain years, keeping the calendar in step with the Sun
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	inserted	insert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insert** | present · passive |  | a additional month |  |  | year |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | gerund |  | the calendar |  |  |  | in step with the Sun | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent calendar=Theme in step=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Jewish calendar disregards the Moon entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:e3:o2:1
# text = The Jewish calendar disregards the Moon entirely
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	disregards	disregard	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disregard** | present | the Jewish calendar | the Moon |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The festival is observed only once in every nineteen years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:e3:o3:1
# text = The festival is observed only once in every nineteen years
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	festival	festival	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	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | present · passive |  | the festival |  |  | year | once *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The festival is fixed by law upon the first of September

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:e3:o4:1
# text = The festival is fixed by law upon the first of September
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	festival	festival	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	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	first	first	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	September	September	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | present · passive | law | the festival |  |  |  | upon the first of September | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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