Test 6 · ★★ · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back
Kai: "Stayin' up for the extra hour, best night of the year, bro." Which night is that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: that
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Kai: "Stayin' up for the extra hour, best night of the year, bro."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Stayin | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Stayin | punct |
| 4 | Stayin | Stayin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Kai | conj |
| 5 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 Stayin | punct |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 Stayin | compound:prt |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 hour | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 hour | det |
| 9 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 hour | amod |
| 10 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Stayin | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 night | punct |
| 12 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 13 night | amod |
| 13 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Stayin | appos |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 year | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 year | det |
| 16 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 night | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 bro | punct |
| 18 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kai | appos |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 bro | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 bro | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Which night is that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 night | det |
| 2 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 that | cop |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 night | nmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 night | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The longest night in December
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 night | det |
| 2 | longest | long | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 night | amod |
| 3 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 December | case |
| 5 | December | December | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 night | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The night in late October when the clocks go back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 night | det |
| 2 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 go | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 October | case |
| 4 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 October | amod |
| 5 | October | October | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 night | nmod |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 go | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 clocks | det |
| 8 | clocks | clock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 go | nsubj |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | present | the clocks | night | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
New Year's Eve
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Year | compound |
| 2 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Eve | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Year | case |
| 4 | Eve | Eve | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The night in late March when the clocks go forward
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 night | det |
| 2 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 go | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 March | case |
| 4 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 March | amod |
| 5 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 night | nmod |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 go | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 clocks | det |
| 8 | clocks | clock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 go | nsubj |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 9 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | the clocks | night | forward property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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