Test 1 · ★★ · Time zones: why it's night in Sydney when it's day in London

Jake's cousin in Sydney, in her pyjamas: "Mate, it's 8 at night here, yeah nah, can't play." ("Yeah nah" means no.) Why is it night there?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate, cousin, no. · What happens: be, not play, mean · To what, where: 8, no., night

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Time zones: why it's night in Sydney when it's day in London» of the world 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: Jake's cousin in Sydney, in her pyjamas: "Mate, it's 8 at night here, yeah nah, can't play."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Jake	case
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Sydney	case
5	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pyjamas	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 pyjamas	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 pyjamas	nmod:poss
9	pyjamas	pyjama	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cousin	conj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 Mate	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 Mate	punct
12	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 8	punct
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 8	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 8	cop
16	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 Mate	nmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 night	case
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 8	nmod
19	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 8	advmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 nah	punct
21	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	22 nah	discourse
22	nah	nah	INTJ	_	26 play	discourse
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 play	punct
24	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 play	aux
25	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	26 play	advmod
26	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cousin	acl:relcl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cousin	punct
28	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 cousin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Mate	8		here	night		tree rules
2	not play in a quote	can	Jake's cousin in Sydney and Sydney's pyjamas and Mate not said here						vn performance-26.7-1 «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.

Sentence 2: ("Yeah nah" means no.) Why is it night there?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 nah	punct
3	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 nah	discourse
4	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 means	discourse
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 nah	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	no.	no.	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	6 means	obj
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
9	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 night	advmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 night	cop
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 night	nsubj
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obl:unmarked
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 night	advmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present		no.					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent no.=Topic
2	is a	present	no.	night		there			tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Sydney is 11 hours behind London, so it's still last night's evening there

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hours	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hours	cop
3	11	11	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 hours	nummod
4	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 London	case
6	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hours	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 evening	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 still	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 still	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 still	cop
11	still	still	ADV	_	15 evening	advmod
12	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 night	amod
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 evening	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 night	case
15	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hours	appos
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 evening	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Sydney	11 hours		London			tree rules
2	is	present	it					still property	tree rules

Option 2

Sydney is closer to the Moon than London

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 closer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 closer	cop
3	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Moon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Moon	det
6	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 closer	obl
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 London	case
8	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 closer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Sydney					to the Moon; than London; close property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Sydney is far east of London, so its evening comes 11 hours earlier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 east	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 east	cop
3	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 east	amod
4	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 London	case
6	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 east	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 comes	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 comes	advmod
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 evening	nmod:poss
10	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 comes	nsubj
11	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 east	conj
12	11	11	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 hours	nummod
13	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 earlier	obl:unmarked
14	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 comes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Sydney	far east				of London	tree rules
2	come	present	east's evening					early property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Australians always go to bed at 9 am

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Australians	Australian	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 go	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 go	advmod
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 bed	case
5	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 9	case
7	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 go	obl
8	am	a.m.	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 9	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Australians			9 am		to bed; always property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location

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