Exam question 2 · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back

Given that Kiritimati is fourteen hours ahead of London, ascertain the time in London at the moment Kiritimati attains midnight commencing the first of January.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kiritimati, time, midnight · What happens: give, be, ascertain, attain, commence · To what, where: first

This is exam question 2 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 ascertain	advcl
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 ahead	mark
3	Kiritimati	Kiritimati	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 ahead	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ahead	cop
5	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hours	nummod
6	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ahead	obl:unmarked
7	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	1 Given	advcl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 London	case
9	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 ahead	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ascertain	punct
11	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 time	det
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 attains	nsubj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 London	case
15	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 time	nmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 moment	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 moment	det
18	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 time	nmod
19	Kiritimati	Kiritimati	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 moment	appos
20	attains	attain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 ascertain	ccomp
21	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 attains	obj
22	commencing	commence	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 midnight	acl
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 first	det
24	first	first	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	22 commencing	obj
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 January	case
26	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 first	nmod
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle					vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	is	present	Kiritimati		hour	of London; ahead property	tree rules
3	ascertain	present					vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	attain	present	the time in London at the moment		midnight		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	commence	gerund	midnight not said here	the first of January			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent first=Eventuality

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 · ← Mova's choice

Midnight of the thirty-first of December

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Midnight	Midnight	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 December	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 December	det
4	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 December	nsubj
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 first	punct
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 December	advmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 December	case
8	December	December	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Midnight	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Two o'clock in the afternoon of the first of January

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 o'clock	nummod
2	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 afternoon	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 afternoon	det
5	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 o'clock	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 first	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 first	det
8	first	first	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 afternoon	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 January	case
10	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 first	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Ten o'clock in the morning of the thirty-first of December

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 o'clock	nummod
2	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 morning	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 morning	det
5	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 o'clock	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 thirty	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thirty	det
8	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 morning	nmod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 first	punct
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 thirty	advmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 December	case
12	December	December	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 thirty	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Ten o'clock in the evening of the thirty-first of December

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 o'clock	nummod
2	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 evening	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 evening	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 evening	det
5	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 thirty	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thirty	det
8	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 evening	nmod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 first	punct
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 thirty	advmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 December	case
12	December	December	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 evening	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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