Test 1 · ★★ · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back

Mia: "First New Year's in London, obviously, it's the capital of time." Dad: "Nah." Who's right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: it · What happens: be · To what, where: capital

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 121 «The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back» 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: Mia: "First New Year's in London, obviously, it's the capital of time."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Year	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Year	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Year	punct
4	First	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 Year	advmod
5	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Year	compound
6	Year	Year	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Year	case
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 London	case
9	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Year	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Year	punct
11	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	6 Year	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 capital	punct
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 capital	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 capital	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 capital	det
16	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Year	appos
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 time	case
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 capital	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Year	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Year	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	it	the capital			time		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: Dad: "Nah."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Dad	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Nah	punct
4	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	1 Dad	discourse
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Dad	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Dad	punct

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

Sentence 3: Who's right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Dad: places just west of the date line, like Kiritimati, see it first

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 places	punct
3	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Dad	conj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 west	advmod
5	west	west	ADV	_	3 places	advmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 line	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 line	det
8	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 line	compound
9	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 west	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Kiritimati	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 Kiritimati	case
12	Kiritimati	Kiritimati	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 places	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 see	punct
14	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 places	acl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 see	obj
16	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	infinitive	places like Kiritimati not said here	line				first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

Mia: London always sees New Year first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sees	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 sees	punct
3	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sees	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 sees	advmod
5	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Year	compound
7	Year	Year	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sees	obj
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 sees	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	Mia	New Year				always, first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer year=Stimulus

Option 3

Mia: Greenwich decides when New Year begins for everyone in the whole world

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 decides	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 decides	punct
3	Greenwich	Greenwich	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 decides	nsubj
4	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 begins	mark
6	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Year	compound
7	Year	Year	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 begins	nsubj
8	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 decides	ccomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 everyone	case
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 begins	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 world	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 world	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 world	amod
14	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 begins	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	Mia						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	begin	present	New Year			the whole world		for everyone	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Dad: New York sees it first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sees	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 sees	punct
3	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 York	flat
4	York	York	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sees	nsubj
5	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sees	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 sees	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	Dad	it				first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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