Test 8 · ★★ · Time zones and the date line

Why does France have more time zones than Russia, which is much bigger?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: France, more time zones · What happens: have, be · To what, where: more time zones

This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 4 «Time zones and the date line» of the geography 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 have	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 zones	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 zones	compound
7	zones	zone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
8	than	than	ADP	_	9 Russia	case
9	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 zones	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bigger	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 bigger	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 bigger	cop
13	much	much	ADV	_	14 bigger	advmod
14	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 zones	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present · do-support	France	more time zones				than Russia	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zone=Patient
2	is	present	more time zones					big property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

Its overseas lands are spread round the globe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 lands	nmod:poss
2	overseas	overseas	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lands	amod
3	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spread	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 spread	aux:pass
5	spread	spread	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	round	round	ADP	_	8 globe	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 globe	det
8	globe	globe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spread	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	present · passive		Its overseas lands				round the globe	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Russia uses only one zone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 one	advmod
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 zone	nummod
5	zone	zone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Russia	one zone					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zone=Patient

Option 3

Paris uses several clocks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clocks	amod
4	clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 uses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Paris	several clocks					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Patient

Option 4

France is wider than Russia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 wider	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wider	cop
3	wider	wide	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	5 Russia	case
5	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 wider	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	France					than Russia; wide property	tree rules

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