Test 20 · ★★ · Clocks, calendars and planning the day

my mate says when the clocks go forward u lose a whole day. right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, clocks, u · What happens: say, go, lose · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 go	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 clocks	det
6	clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 go	nsubj
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 lose	advcl
8	forward	forward	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
9	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 lose	nsubj
10	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 day	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 day	amod
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lose	obl:unmarked
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
15	right	right	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	present	the clocks		forward property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	lose	present	u	day		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Yes, 12 hours, so you skip a night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 hours	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 hours	nummod
4	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 skip	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 skip	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 skip	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 skip	nsubj
8	skip	skip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 night	det
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 skip	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	skip	present	12 hours				night		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, clocks go forward one hour in spring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 go	nsubj
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	forward	forward	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 hour	nummod
7	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl:unmarked
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 spring	case
9	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl

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

Option 3

No, they go back a day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 go	nsubj
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl:unmarked

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

Option 4

Yes, a whole day goes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 goes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 day	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 day	amod
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 goes	nsubj
6	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

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

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