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title: Given that a full moon is observed upon the third of March, determin… — The Moon's month and the year round th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Given that a full moon is observed upon the third of March, determine the approximate date of the succeeding full moon. Exam question 2 of lesson 119 «The Moon's month and the year round the Sun» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 2 · The Moon's month and the year round the Sun

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Given that a full moon is observed upon the third of March, determine the approximate date of the succeeding full moon.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, observe, determine, succeed · **To what, where:** full moon, approximate date

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 119 «The Moon's month and the year round the Sun» 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/119-moon-month-and-year/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:e2:1
# text = Given that a full moon is observed upon the third of March, determine the approximate date of the succeeding full moon.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	advcl	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	third	third	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
14	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	approximate	approximate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	succeeding	succeed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	22	amod	_	_
21	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **observe** | present · passive |  | a full moon |  |  |  | upon the third of March | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 3 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the approximate date of the succeeding full moon |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Topic |
| 4 | **succeed** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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The third of March of the following year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:e2:o1:1
# text = The third of March of the following year
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	third	third	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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The first or second of April

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:e2:o2:1
# text = The first or second of April
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	April	April	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The third of May

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:e2:o3:1
# text = The third of May
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	third	third	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	May	May	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The tenth of March

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:e2:o4:1
# text = The tenth of March
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tenth	tenth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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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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