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description: Sam's teacher asks how long the Earth takes to go round the Sun. Sam: "A day, easy." His mate whispers, "Nah, you muppet." What's right? Test 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
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# Test 2 · ★ · The Moon's month and the year round the Sun

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Sam's teacher asks how long the Earth takes to go round the Sun. Sam: "A day, easy." His mate whispers, "Nah, you muppet." What's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teacher, Earth, mate, you · **What happens:** ask, take, go, whisper, muppet, be · **To what, where:** Sun. Sam · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sam's teacher asks how long the Earth takes to go round the Sun. Sam: "A day, easy."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:t2:1
# text = Sam's teacher asks how long the Earth takes to go round the Sun. Sam: "A day, easy."
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	round	round	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Sun.	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
21	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Sam's teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **take** | present | the Earth |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition |
| 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | the Earth *not said here* |  |  | the Sun. Sam |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme round sam=Initial\_Location |

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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:* His mate whispers, "Nah, you muppet."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:t2:2
# text = His mate whispers, "Nah, you muppet."
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	whispers	whisper	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	muppet	muppet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | Sam's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **muppet** *in a quote* |  | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:t2:3
# text = What's right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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About one month, like the Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:t2:o1:1
# text = About one month, like the Moon
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One day, so Sam is right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:t2:o2:1
# text = One day, so Sam is right
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	right	right	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 | One day |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
About 365 and a quarter days; a day is one spin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:t2:o3:1
# text = About 365 and a quarter days; a day is one spin
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	365	365	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	spin	spin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a day | one spin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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About 29 and a half days, the same as one Moon month

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:119-moon-month-and-year:t2:o4:1
# text = About 29 and a half days, the same as one Moon month
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	29	29	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	6	compound	_	_
6	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
12	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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

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