--- title: Whereas the Earth is situated between the Sun and the Moon, ascertai… — The Moon and its phases · tree and pragmatics description: Whereas the Earth is situated between the Sun and the Moon, ascertain the phase thereby observed. Exam question 4 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 wrong. --- [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/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The Moon and its phases Whereas the Earth is situated between the Sun and the Moon, ascertain the phase thereby observed. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** situate, ascertain, observe · **To what, where:** Earth, phase This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:3-the-moon-and-its-phases:e4:1 # text = Whereas the Earth is situated between the Sun and the Moon, ascertain the phase thereby observed. 1 Whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 situated situate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 6 between between ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 ascertain ascertain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 phase phase NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 observed observe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **situate** | present · passive | | the Earth | | | | between the Sun and the Moon | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme between sun=Destination | | 2 | **ascertain** | present | | the phase | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phase=Topic | | 3 | **observe** | participle | | the phase *not said here* | | | | thereby *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} Waning crescent ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:3-the-moon-and-its-phases:e4:o1:1 # text = Waning crescent 1 Waning wane VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 amod _ _ 2 crescent crescent NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wane** | gerund | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} A new moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:3-the-moon-and-its-phases:e4:o2:1 # text = A new moon 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Full moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:3-the-moon-and-its-phases:e4:o3:1 # text = Full moon 1 Full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} First quarter ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:3-the-moon-and-its-phases:e4:o4:1 # text = First quarter 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 advmod _ _ 2 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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