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Ascertain which of the following was a leap year. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** years, you · **What happens:** give, end, be, ascertain, follow · **To what, where:** It, two zeros, leap years This is exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Time zones and the calendar» 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/9-time-zones-and-the-calendar/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that years ending in two zeros are leap years only if divisible by four hundred. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:e3:1 # text = It is given that years ending in two zeros are leap years only if divisible by four hundred. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 5 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 6 ending end VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 zeros zero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 advcl _ _ 13 only only ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 divisible divisible NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 compound _ _ 18 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | by four hundred; divisible *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **end** | gerund | years *not said here* | | | two zeros | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **is a** | present | years | leap years | | | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain which of the following was a leap year. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:e3:2 # text = Ascertain which of the following was a leap year. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 1 obj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 5 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 case _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | of the leap year | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The year 2100 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:e3:o1:1 # text = The year 2100 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 2100 2100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The year 2000 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:e3:o2:1 # text = The year 2000 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 2000 2000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The year 1900 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:e3:o3:1 # text = The year 1900 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 1900 1900 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The year 1800 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:e3:o4:1 # text = The year 1800 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 1800 1800 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 flat _ _ ``` 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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