Test 8 · ★★ · Time zones: why it's night in Sydney when it's day in London
Luca, in Rome, Italy, in July, sees "Event at 18:00 UTC" and sets his alarm for 18:00. What happens?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Luca, Italy · What happens: see, set, alarm, happen · To what, where: Event, 18:00, alarm
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Luca, in Rome, Italy, in July, sees "Event at 18:00 UTC" and sets his alarm for 18:00.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luca | Luca | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 sees | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Rome | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Rome | case |
| 4 | Rome | Rome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Luca | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Italy | punct |
| 6 | Italy | Italy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Luca | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 July | punct |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 July | case |
| 9 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Luca | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Luca | punct |
| 11 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Event | punct |
| 13 | Event | event | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sees | obj |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 18:00 | case |
| 15 | 18:00 | 18:00 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 Event | nmod |
| 16 | UTC | UTC | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 18:00 | compound |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Event | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 sets | cc |
| 19 | sets | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 sees | conj |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 alarm | nmod:poss |
| 21 | alarm | alarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 sets | obj |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 18:00 | case |
| 23 | 18:00 | 18:00 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 sets | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | Luca and Rome and Italy and July | Event | 18:00 | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer event=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | set | present | Luca and Rome and Italy and July not said here | Italy's alarm | for 18:00 | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent alarm=Patient for 18:00=Beneficiary | |||
| 3 | alarm | Italy | nom alarm «feeling transitive»: poss=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 happens?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He's exactly on 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 | 5 time | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 time | cop |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 5 time | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 time | case |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | on time | exactly property | tree rules |
Option 2
He's 2 hours late
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 | 4 hours | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hours | cop |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 hours | nummod |
| 4 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 hours | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | 2 hours | late property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He's 2 hours early; it starts at 20:00 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 's | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 hours | nummod |
| 4 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 early | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 's | advmod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 starts | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 starts | nsubj |
| 8 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 's | conj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 20:00 | case |
| 10 | 20:00 | 20:00 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 starts | obl |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 time | nmod:poss |
| 12 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 20:00 | nmod:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | He | early property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | start | present | it | 20:00 his time | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4
He misses it by a whole day
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 misses | nsubj |
| 2 | misses | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 misses | obj |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 day | amod |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 misses | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | present | He | it | day | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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