Test 3 · ★★ · Time zones: why it's night in Sydney when it's day in London
Charlotte: "We leave at 11 and fly 8 hours, so we land at 7 pm, simples." What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: We · What happens: leave, fly, land, be · To what, where: 11, 7
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: Charlotte: "We leave at 11 and fly 8 hours, so we land at 7 pm, simples."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlotte | charlotte | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 leave | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 leave | punct |
| 4 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 leave | nsubj |
| 5 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Charlotte | parataxis |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 11 | case |
| 7 | 11 | 11 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 leave | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 fly | cc |
| 9 | fly | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 leave | conj |
| 10 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 hours | nummod |
| 11 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 fly | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 land | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 land | advmod |
| 14 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 land | nsubj |
| 15 | land | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 leave | conj |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 7 | case |
| 17 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 land | obl |
| 18 | pm | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 7 | nmod:unmarked |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 simples | punct |
| 20 | simples | simple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Charlotte | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Charlotte | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Charlotte | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave in a quote | present | We | 11 | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at 11=Location | ||||
| 2 | fly in a quote | present | We not said here | hour | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | land in a quote | present | we | 7 pm | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: 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: What's wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
7 pm is London time; in New York it's 2 pm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 pm | nummod |
| 2 | pm | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 time | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 time | cop |
| 4 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 time | compound |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 2 | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 York | case |
| 8 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 York | flat |
| 9 | York | York | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 2 | obl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 2 | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 2 | cop |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 time | acl:relcl |
| 13 | pm | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 2 | nmod:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | 7 pm | London time | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | pm = p.m. | 2 | New York | pm nmod:unmarked | tree rules |
Option 2
She'll land at 11 am in New York
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 land | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 land | aux |
| 3 | land | land | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 11 | case |
| 5 | 11 | 11 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 land | obl |
| 6 | am | a.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 11 | nmod:unmarked |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 York | case |
| 8 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 York | flat |
| 9 | York | York | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 land | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | future | She | 11 am | in New York | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in york=Destination |
Option 3
She'll land at 3 am in New York
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 land | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 land | aux |
| 3 | land | land | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 3 | case |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 land | obl |
| 6 | am | a.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 3 | nmod:unmarked |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 York | case |
| 8 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 York | flat |
| 9 | York | York | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 land | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | future | She | 3 am | in New York | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in york=Destination |
Option 4
Nothing, it will be 7 pm in New York
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 7 | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 7 | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 7 | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 7 | cop |
| 6 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Nothing | appos |
| 7 | pm | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 7 | nmod:unmarked |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 York | case |
| 9 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 York | flat |
| 10 | York | York | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 7 | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | future | it | 7 | New York | pm nmod:unmarked | tree rules |
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