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Test 10 · ★★ · Clocks, calendars and planning the day

In autumn the clocks "fall back". What does that mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: clocks, that · What happens: fall back, mean

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 263 «Clocks, calendars and planning the day» of the everyday 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.

The question

Sentence 1: In autumn the clocks "fall back".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 autumn	case
2	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fall	obl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 clocks	det
4	clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fall	nsubj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 fall	punct
6	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 fall	advmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 fall	punct
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 fall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall back in a quote	infinitive	the clocks				autumn		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: What does that mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	that						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Clocks stop for the winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stop	nsubj
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 winter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 winter	det
5	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Clocks				winter		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Clocks go back one hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 go	nsubj
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 go	advmod
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 hour	nummod
5	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	present	Clocks				hour		vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Clocks go forward one hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 go	nsubj
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	forward	forward	ADV	_	2 go	advmod
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 hour	nummod
5	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Clocks				hour	forward property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Clocks fall off the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fall	nsubj
2	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	5 wall	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wall	det
5	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall off	present	Clocks	the wall					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient wall=Extent

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