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Test 12 · ★★ · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back

A film shows a hero crossing the date line going west at 11 pm on Monday. What date is it on the other side?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: film, hero, date · What happens: show, cross, go, be · To what, where: hero, date line, 11, other side

This is test 12 · ★★ 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: A film shows a hero crossing the date line going west at 11 pm on Monday.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 film	det
2	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hero	det
5	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
6	crossing	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 hero	acl
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	6 crossing	obj
10	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 crossing	advcl
11	west	west	ADV	_	10 going	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 11	case
13	11	11	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 going	obl
14	pm	p.m.	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 11	nmod:unmarked
15	on	on	ADP	_	16 Monday	case
16	Monday	Monday	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 going	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a film	a hero					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hero=Recipient
2	cross	gerund	a hero not said here	the date line					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Patient
3	go	gerund	a hero not said here			11 pm	monday	west property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at 11=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 date is it on the other side?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 What	nsubj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 side	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 side	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 side	amod
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	date			the other side			tree rules

The options

Option 1

The next Monday, a whole week later on the calendar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Monday	det
2	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Monday	amod
3	Monday	Monday	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 calendar	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 week	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 week	amod
7	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 later	obl:unmarked
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 calendar	advmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 calendar	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 calendar	det
11	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Monday	appos

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

Option 2

Still Monday, because dates never change out at sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Still	still	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Monday	amod
2	Monday	Monday	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 change	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 change	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 change	mark
5	dates	date	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 change	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 change	advmod
7	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 change	compound:prt
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 sea	case
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not change out	present	Still Monday			sea			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Sunday, because going west the date always goes back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 goes	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 goes	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 goes	mark
4	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 goes	csubj
5	west	west	ADV	_	4 going	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 date	det
7	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 going	obj
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 goes	advmod
9	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	gerund		the date				west property	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location date=Theme
2	go back	present	going				sunday	always property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tuesday, because going west the date jumps forward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tuesday	Tuesday	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 jumps	obl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 jumps	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 jumps	mark
4	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 jumps	csubj
5	west	west	ADV	_	4 going	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 date	det
7	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 going	obj
8	jumps	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	forward	forward	ADV	_	8 jumps	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	gerund		the date				west property	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location date=Theme
2	jump	present	going				tuesday	forward property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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