Exam question 2 · Time zones and the date line

Whereas a traveller traverses the International Date Line in a westerly direction, determine the consequent alteration to the calendar date.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: traverse, determine · To what, where: International Date Line, westerly direction, consequent alteration

This is exam question 2 of lesson 4 «Time zones and the date line» of the geography 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	3 traveller	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 traveller	det
3	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 traverses	obl
4	traverses	traverse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Line	det
6	International	International	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Line	compound
7	Date	Date	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Line	compound
8	Line	Line	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 traverses	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 direction	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 direction	det
11	westerly	westerly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 direction	amod
12	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 traverses	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 determine	punct
14	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 traverses	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 alteration	det
16	consequent	consequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 alteration	compound
17	alteration	alteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 determine	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	21 date	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 date	det
20	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 date	compound
21	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 determine	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 traverses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	traverse	present		the International Date Line		a westerly direction		whereas a traveller	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme line=Co-Theme
2	determine	infinitive		the consequent alteration				to the calendar date	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alteration=Topic

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 · ← Mova's choice

It remains unaltered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	unaltered	unaltered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remains	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	It					unaltered property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It recedes by one day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 recedes	nsubj
2	recedes	recede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 day	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 day	nummod
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recedes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recede	present	It				day		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It advances by one day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 advances	nsubj
2	advances	advance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 day	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 day	nummod
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 advances	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	advance	present	It				day		vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

It advances by one week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 advances	nsubj
2	advances	advance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 week	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 week	nummod
5	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 advances	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	advance	present	It				week		vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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