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# Exam question 4 · The Moon's month and the year round the Sun

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the circumstance whereby the same face of the Moon is perpetually presented to the Earth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, present · **To what, where:** circumstance, same face, Earth

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the circumstance whereby the same face of the Moon is perpetually presented to the Earth?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
19	perpetually	perpetually	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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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 |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the circumstance |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **present** | present · passive |  | the same face of the Moon | the Earth |  |  | perpetually, whereby *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to earth=Recipient |

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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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The Moon rotates once in the period of one revolution about the Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:e4:o1:1
# text = The Moon rotates once in the period of one revolution about the Earth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rotates	rotate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	revolution	revolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rotate** | present | the Moon |  |  | the period of one revolution about the Earth |  | once *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in period=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The far side of the Moon is perpetually unlit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:e4:o2:1
# text = The far side of the Moon is perpetually unlit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	perpetually	perpetually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	unlit	unlit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the far side of the Moon |  |  |  |  | perpetually, unlit *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Earth perpetually obstructs all observation of the Moon's far side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:e4:o3:1
# text = The Earth perpetually obstructs all observation of the Moon's far side
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	perpetually	perpetually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	obstructs	obstruct	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	observation	observation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obstruct** | present | the Earth | all observation of the Moon's far side |  |  |  | perpetually *property* | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer observation=Eventuality |
| 2 | **observe** |  |  | the Moon's far side |  |  |  |  | nom observation «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Moon does not rotate at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:e4:o4:1
# text = The Moon does not rotate at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	rotate	rotate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **rotate** | present · do-support | the Moon |  |  | all |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

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