Exam question 2 · Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates

Identify the principal reason for which festivals such as Diwali, Eid and Hanukkah fall on different dates each year.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, festivals · What happens: identify, fall · To what, where: principal reason, different dates

This is exam question 2 of lesson 309 «Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 fall	obl
7	festivals	festival	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 fall	nsubj
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 Diwali	case
9	as	as	ADP	_	8 such	fixed
10	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 festivals	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Eid	punct
12	Eid	Eid	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Diwali	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 Hanukkah	cc
14	Hanukkah	Hanukkah	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Diwali	conj
15	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 dates	case
17	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 dates	amod
18	dates	date	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 fall	obl
19	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	20 year	det
20	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fall	obl:unmarked
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	fall	present	festivals such Diwali and Eid and Hanukkah			different dates	year	for the principal reason	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on date=Location

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

Option 1

They are fixed by each school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fixed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fixed	aux:pass
3	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 school	case
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 school	det
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	present · passive	each school	They					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2

They depend upon the weather

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 depend	nsubj
2	depend	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 weather	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 weather	det
5	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 depend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depend	present	They					upon the weather	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They are chosen by each family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chosen	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 chosen	aux:pass
3	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 family	case
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 family	det
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chosen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present · passive	each family	They					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They follow lunar or lunisolar calendars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 follow	nsubj
2	follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lunar	lunar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 calendars	amod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 lunisolar	cc
5	lunisolar	lunisolar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lunar	conj
6	calendars	calendar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 follow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	They	lunar calendars					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calendar=Theme

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