--- title: Why do English-speaking countries also mark Eid, Diwali and the Luna… — Festivals, holidays and traditions in… · tree and pragmatics description: Why do English-speaking countries also mark Eid, Diwali and the Lunar New Year? Test 9 of lesson 97 «Festivals, holidays and traditions in the English-speaking world» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/97-festivals-holidays-traditions/t9/) [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/) / [Festivals, holidays and traditions in…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/97-festivals-holidays-traditions/) / t9 # Test 9 · Festivals, holidays and traditions in the English-speaking… Why do English-speaking countries also mark Eid, Diwali and the Lunar New Year? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** speaking countries · **What happens:** do, speak, mark · **To what, where:** Eid · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 of lesson 97 «Festivals, holidays and traditions in the English-speaking world» 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/97-festivals-holidays-traditions/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:97-festivals-holidays-traditions:t9:1 # text = Why do English-speaking countries also mark Eid, Diwali and the Lunar New Year? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 3 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 also also ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 mark mark VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Eid Eid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Diwali Diwali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 Lunar Lunar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 15 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Year Year PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | speaking countries *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mark** | present | speaking countries | Eid and the Lunar New Year | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eid=Theme | 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} These are the countries' oldest festivals ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:97-festivals-holidays-traditions:t9:o1:1 # text = These are the countries' oldest festivals 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 festivals festival NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | 's this countries | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} They were all invented in those countries ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:97-festivals-holidays-traditions:t9:o2:1 # text = They were all invented in those countries 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 invented invent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invent** | past · passive | | They | | that countries | | all *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} The law orders everyone to celebrate them ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:97-festivals-holidays-traditions:t9:o3:1 # text = The law orders everyone to celebrate them 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 orders order VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 celebrate celebrate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | present | the law | everyone | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **celebrate** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} People from many backgrounds live there ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:97-festivals-holidays-traditions:t9:o4:1 # text = People from many backgrounds live there 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 backgrounds background NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | People from many backgrounds | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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