Test 9 · ★★ · Time zones: why it's night in Sydney when it's day in London

Max: "Pilots must get proper muddled flying through loads of zones." What do they do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Pilots · What happens: get, muddle, fly, do · To what, where: loads

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Max: "Pilots must get proper muddled flying through loads of zones."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
4	Pilots	pilot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Max	parataxis
7	proper	properly	ADV	_	8 muddled	advmod
8	muddled	muddle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 get	xcomp
9	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 muddled	xcomp
10	through	through	ADP	_	11 loads	case
11	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 flying	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 zones	case
13	zones	zone	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 loads	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	must	Pilots			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	muddle in a quote	participle	Pilots not said here		properly property	tree rules
3	fly in a quote	gerund	Pilots not said here	loads of zones		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through load=Location

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 do they do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · do-support	Pilots = pilot						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

They use UTC, one world time, so 14:00 is the same moment everywhere

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 use	nsubj
2	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	UTC	UTC	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 use	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 time	punct
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 time	nummod
6	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 time	compound
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 UTC	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 moment	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 14:00	advmod
10	14:00	14:00	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 moment	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 moment	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 moment	det
13	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 moment	amod
14	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	obl:unmarked
15	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 use	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	They	UTC				everywhere property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent utc=Patient
2	is a	present	14:00	the same moment					tree rules

Option 2

They change their watches every fifteen minutes, all the way across the sky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 change	nsubj
2	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 watches	nmod:poss
4	watches	watch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 change	obj
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 minutes	det
6	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 minutes	nummod
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 change	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 change	punct
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 way	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 way	det
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 change	obl:unmarked
12	across	across	ADP	_	14 sky	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sky	det
14	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	They	their watches		the sky	minute	all way obl:unmarked	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They use the time of whatever country is below

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 use	nsubj
2	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 time	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 whatever	case
6	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 time	appos
7	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 whatever	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 below	cop
9	below	below	ADV	_	2 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	They				time		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present						below property	tree rules

Option 4

They use no clocks at all, only the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 use	nsubj
2	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 clocks	det
4	clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 use	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 use	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Sun	punct
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 Sun	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sun	det
10	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	They	no clocks		all		the Sun obl	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Patient

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