--- title: State the approximate interval elapsing between one new moon and the… — The Moon and its phases · tree and pragmatics description: State the approximate interval elapsing between one new moon and the subsequent new moon. Exam question 3 of lesson 3 «The Moon and its phases» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/3-the-moon-and-its-phases/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [The Moon and its phases](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/3-the-moon-and-its-phases/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The Moon and its phases State the approximate interval elapsing between one new moon and the subsequent new moon. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** approximate interval · **What happens:** elapse This is exam question 3 of lesson 3 «The Moon and its phases» 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/3-the-moon-and-its-phases/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:3-the-moon-and-its-phases:e3:1 # text = State the approximate interval elapsing between one new moon and the subsequent new moon. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 approximate approximate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 interval interval NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 elapsing elapse VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 between between ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 subsequent subsequent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **elapse** | gerund | the approximate interval *not said here* | | | | | between one new moon and the subsequent new moon | tree rules | 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} Approximately twenty-nine and a half days ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:3-the-moon-and-its-phases:e3:o1:1 # text = Approximately twenty-nine and a half days 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 4 conj _ _ 8 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Approximately three hundred and sixty-five days ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:3-the-moon-and-its-phases:e3:o2:1 # text = Approximately three hundred and sixty-five days 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ _ 3 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Approximately fourteen days ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:3-the-moon-and-its-phases:e3:o3:1 # text = Approximately fourteen days 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 fourteen fourteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Precisely seven days ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:3-the-moon-and-its-phases:e3:o4:1 # text = Precisely seven days 1 Precisely precisely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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