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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the interval designated "a year". Exam question 3 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 and of each option;
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# Exam question 3 · The Moon's month and the year round the Sun

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the interval designated "a year".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, designate · **To what, where:** response, interval

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the interval designated "a year".
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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the interval |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus interval=Experiencer |
| 4 | **designate** | participle |  | the interval *not said here* |  |  | year |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: 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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Twelve revolutions of the Moon, amounting to exactly 365 days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:e3:o1:1
# text = Twelve revolutions of the Moon, amounting to exactly 365 days
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	revolutions	revolution	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	amounting	amount	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	365	365	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **amount** | gerund | Twelve revolutions of the Moon *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn register-54.1-1 «NP V PP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **revolt** |  | the Moon |  |  |  |  |  | nom revolution «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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One revolution of the Earth about the Sun, approximately 365 and a quarter days

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:e3:o2:1
# text = One revolution of the Earth about the Sun, approximately 365 and a quarter days
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	revolution	revolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	365	365	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revolt** |  | the Earth |  |  |  |  | about the Sun | nom revolution «event intransitive»: of=agent about=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The interval between two successive full moons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:e3:o3:1
# text = The interval between two successive full moons
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
5	successive	successive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	moons	moon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One rotation of the Earth upon its axis

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:e3:o4:1
# text = One rotation of the Earth upon its axis
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	rotation	rotation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	axis	axis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rotate** |  | the Earth upon Earth's axis |  |  |  |  |  | nom rotation «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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