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Test 7 · ★★ · Time zones: why it's night in Sydney when it's day in London

Sophie's dad, in Manchester in winter: "I'll bell you at 6." ("Bell" means phone.) He rings at 6 his time. Why is Sophie, in Dubai, cross?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Bell, Manchester, Sophie · What happens: bell, mean, ring, be, cross · To what, where: you, 6, phone, Sophie

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Sophie's dad, in Manchester in winter: "I'll bell you at 6."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dad	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Sophie	case
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Manchester	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Manchester	case
6	Manchester	Manchester	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dad	appos
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 winter	case
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Manchester	nmod
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 bell	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 bell	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 bell	nsubj
12	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 bell	aux
13	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dad	appos
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 bell	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 6	case
16	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 bell	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dad	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 dad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bell in a quote	future	I	you		6			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.

Sentence 2: ("Bell" means phone.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Bell	punct
3	Bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Bell	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Bell	phone					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Topic

Sentence 3: He rings at 6 his time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rings	nsubj
2	rings	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 6	case
4	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 rings	obl
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 time	nmod:poss
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 6	appos
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rings	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	present	Manchester			6			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 6=Location

Sentence 4: Why is Sophie, in Dubai, cross?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 cross	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 Sophie	cop
3	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 cross	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Dubai	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Dubai	case
6	Dubai	Dubai	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Sophie	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cross	punct
8	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 cross	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		Sophie and Dubai					tree rules
2	cross	infinitive	Sophie and Dubai						vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's 6 pm in Dubai, so nothing is wrong

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	4 pm	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pm	cop
3	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 pm	nummod
4	pm	p.m.	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Dubai	case
6	Dubai	Dubai	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pm	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wrong	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 wrong	advmod
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 wrong	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 wrong	cop
11	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pm	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	6 pm		Dubai			tree rules
2	is	present	nothing					wrong property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It's 10 pm in Dubai and she was asleep

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	4 pm	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pm	cop
3	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 pm	nummod
4	pm	p.m.	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Dubai	case
6	Dubai	Dubai	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pm	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 asleep	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 asleep	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 asleep	cop
10	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Dubai	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	10 pm		Dubai			tree rules
2	is	past	Dubai					asleep property	tree rules

Option 3

It's 2 pm in Dubai and she's at the pool

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	4 pm	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pm	cop
3	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 pm	nummod
4	pm	p.m.	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Dubai	case
6	Dubai	Dubai	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pm	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 pool	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 pool	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 pool	cop
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 pool	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pool	det
12	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pm	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	2 pm and the pool		Dubai			tree rules
2	is	present	Dubai			the pool			tree rules

Option 4

It's 6 am in Dubai and she's still in bed

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	3 6	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 6	cop
3	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
4	am	a.m.	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 6	nmod:unmarked
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Dubai	case
6	Dubai	Dubai	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 am	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 bed	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 bed	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 bed	cop
10	still	still	ADV	_	12 bed	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 bed	case
12	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 6	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	6 and bed				am in Dubai nmod:unmarked	tree rules
2	is	present	Dubai			bed	still		tree rules

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