Test 4 · ★★ · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back

Jack, on the last Sunday of March: "Phone says 9, kitchen clock says 8. Did I sleep through an hour or what?"

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jack, kitchen clock, I · What happens: say, sleep · To what, where: 9, 8 · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Jack, on the last Sunday of March: "Phone says 9, kitchen clock says 8.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 says	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Sunday	punct
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 Sunday	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sunday	det
5	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Sunday	amod
6	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Jack	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 March	case
8	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Sunday	nmod
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 says	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 says	punct
11	Phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	nsubj
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 says	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 says	punct
15	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 clock	compound
16	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 says	nsubj
17	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 says	conj
18	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 says	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	Jack and the last Sunday of March	9					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 9=Topic
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	kitchen clock	8					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 8=Topic

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: Did I sleep through an hour or what?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sleep	aux
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 sleep	nsubj
3	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 hour	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hour	det
6	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sleep	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 what	cc
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 hour	conj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 sleep	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 sleep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past · do-support	I				hour		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

He really did sleep through an extra hour while the clock stopped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sleep	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	4 sleep	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sleep	aux
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	8 hour	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hour	det
7	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hour	amod
8	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sleep	obl
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 stopped	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 clock	det
11	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stopped	nsubj
12	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sleep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past · do-support	He				hour		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stop	past	the clock						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

His phone is broken and has been running an hour fast all night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 phone	nmod:poss
2	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broken	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	aux:pass
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 running	cc
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 running	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 running	aux
8	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 broken	advcl
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hour	det
10	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 running	obj
11	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 running	advmod
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 night	det
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 running	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present · passive		His phone					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	run	present · perfect · progressive					hour; night	fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The clocks went forward; the kitchen clock wasn't changed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clocks	det
2	clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	forward	forward	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 clock	det
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 clock	compound
8	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 changed	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 changed	aux:pass
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 changed	advmod
11	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 went	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the clocks					forward property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not change	past · passive		the kitchen clock					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The kitchen clock went back an hour by itself in the night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 clock	det
2	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clock	compound
3	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 went	advmod
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hour	det
7	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl:unmarked
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 itself	case
9	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 went	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 night	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 night	det
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	past	the kitchen clock				hour; night	by clock	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

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