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title: Grace's teacher: "Farmers long ago counted moons." Why the Moon, not… — The Moon's month and the year round th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Grace's teacher: "Farmers long ago counted moons." Why the Moon, not the Sun? Test 11 · ★ 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; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · ★ · The Moon's month and the year round the Sun

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Grace's teacher: "Farmers long ago counted moons." Why the Moon, not the Sun?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** count · **To what, where:** Farmers

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 119 «The Moon's month and the year round the Sun» of the world course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grace's teacher: "Farmers long ago counted moons."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:t11:1
# text = Grace's teacher: "Farmers long ago counted moons."
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
8	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	moons	moon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** *in a quote* | participle · passive |  | Farmers |  |  |  | ago, long *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why the Moon, not the Sun?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:t11:2
# text = Why the Moon, not the Sun?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Its changing shape is easy to see and count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:t11:o1:1
# text = Its changing shape is easy to see and count
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	changing	change	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Its changing shape |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | Its changing shape *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **count** | infinitive | Its changing shape *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Sun did not rise every day in those days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:t11:o2:1
# text = The Sun did not rise every day in those days
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	rise	rise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **rise** | past · do-support | the Sun |  |  |  | day |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Moon tells you the exact hour of the day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:t11:o3:1
# text = The Moon tells you the exact hour of the day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the Moon |  | you |  | hour |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Moon decides when the crops grow and ripen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:t11:o4:1
# text = The Moon decides when the crops grow and ripen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	ripen	ripen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | the Moon |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **grow** | present | the crops |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **ripen** | present | the crops *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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