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Test 5 · ★★ · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back

Hannah, in England: "Spring forward, fall back? We say autumn, ya numpty." ("Numpty" is Scottish for a silly person.) Does the trick still work?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hannah, We, ya, Numpty, trick · What happens: fall back, say, numpty, be, do, work · To what, where: trick · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Hannah, in England: "Spring forward, fall back?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hannah	Hannah	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 fall	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 England	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 England	case
4	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Hannah	conj
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 Spring	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Spring	punct
7	Spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hannah	appos
8	forward	forward	ADV	_	7 Spring	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Hannah	punct
10	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 fall	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 fall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall back in a quote	infinitive	Hannah and England						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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: We say autumn, ya numpty."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 say	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 numpty	punct
5	ya	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 numpty	nsubj
6	numpty	numpty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 autumn	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	We				autumn		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	numpty		ya						tree rules

Sentence 3: ("Numpty" is Scottish for a silly person.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 Scottish	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Numpty	punct
3	Numpty	Numpty	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Scottish	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Numpty	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Scottish	cop
6	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 person	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
9	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 person	amod
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Scottish	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Scottish	punct
12	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 Scottish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Numpty					for a silly person; scottish property	tree rules

Sentence 4: Does the trick still work?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 trick	det
3	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Does	obj
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 work	advmod
5	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trick	acl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the trick					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Eventuality
2	work	infinitive	the trick not said here				still		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No: Britain doesn't change its clocks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 Britain	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 change	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 change	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 change	advmod
6	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 clocks	nmod:poss
8	clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 change	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not change	present · do-support	no Britain	Britain's clocks					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yes: clocks go forward in spring and back in autumn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 go	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct
3	clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 go	nsubj
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	forward	forward	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 spring	case
7	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 back	cc
9	back	back	ADV	_	4 go	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 autumn	case
11	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	clocks				autumn; spring	forward property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, but only in America

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 America	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 America	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 America	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 America	case
6	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

No: in Britain the clocks go back in spring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 Britain	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Britain	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Britain	case
4	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 clocks	det
6	clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 go	nsubj
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 spring	case
10	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	present	the clocks			no Britain	spring		vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

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