Exam question 1 · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the crossing of the International Date Line in an easterly direction.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, cross · To what, where: response, crossing, easterly direction, International Date Line

This is exam question 1 of lesson 121 «The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 crossing	det
11	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 Line	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Line	det
14	International	International	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Line	compound
15	Date	Date	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Line	compound
16	Line	Line	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 crossing	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 direction	case
18	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 direction	det
19	easterly	easterly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 direction	amod
20	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the crossing of the International Date Line	a easterly direction		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus crossing=Experiencer
4	cross			the International Date Line			nom crossing «act transitive»: of=patient

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.

The options

Option 1

The clock alone is set back by one hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clock	det
2	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	nsubj:pass
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 clock	advmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 set	aux:pass
5	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 set	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 hour	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hour	nummod
9	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set back	present · passive		the clock			hour		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The date is advanced by one day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 date	det
2	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 advanced	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 advanced	aux:pass
4	advanced	advance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 day	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 day	nummod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 advanced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	advance	present · passive		the date			day		vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The date is set back by one day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 date	det
2	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 set	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 set	aux:pass
4	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 set	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 day	nummod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set back	present · passive		the date			day		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

Option 4

Neither date nor clock is altered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	2 date	det
2	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 altered	nsubj:pass
3	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	4 clock	cc
4	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 date	conj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 altered	aux:pass
6	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter	present · passive		neither date nor clock					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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