 Position (5)  equates the sense datum with a portion of the surface of the physical object. In order to account for perceptual relativity, Moore (1918–19: 23–24) now violates a basic tenet concerning sense data: that we perceive them as they are  (item 3 of the Classical Notion).  If the penny is round and we are directly aware of its physical surface, even when viewed at an angle, we are perceiving a round thing. But, Moore holds, the round thing is perceived to “seem” elliptical. It is not perceived to be elliptical, as in the other four positions, and as Moore himself had previously assumed (1918–19: 23). Hence, in holding (5), one must distinguish the actual properties of the directly seen surface from the properties it seems to have (1918–19: 24). There is no actually elliptical datum; rather, the circular datum simply seems to be elliptical. Moore did his best to uphold the direct realism of (5) and at times favored it. But in his final publication (1957), he endorsed  (4)  instead.