Test 7 · ★★ · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back
Charlotte in Arizona: "Sometimes we got the same time as my cousin in California, sometimes we don't, y'all." Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Charlotte, we · What happens: get, not do · To what, where: y'all
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Charlotte in Arizona: "Sometimes we got the same time as my cousin in California, sometimes we don't, y'all."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlotte | Charlotte | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 got | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Arizona | case |
| 3 | Arizona | Arizona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Charlotte | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 6 | Sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 8 got | advmod |
| 7 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 got | nsubj |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 time | det |
| 10 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 time | amod |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | obj |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 14 cousin | case |
| 13 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 14 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 California | case |
| 16 | California | California | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 cousin | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 do | punct |
| 18 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 20 do | advmod |
| 19 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 do | nsubj |
| 20 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 got | parataxis |
| 21 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 do | advmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 y'all | punct |
| 23 | y'all | y'all | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 do | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | Charlotte in Arizona | time | as my cousin in California; sometimes property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as cousin=Attribute | |||
| 2 | not do in a quote | present | we | y'all | sometimes property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Arizona and California are in different countries
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | Arizona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 countries | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 California | cc |
| 3 | California | California | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Arizona | conj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 countries | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 countries | case |
| 6 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 countries | amod |
| 7 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Arizona and California | different countries | tree rules |
Option 2
California changes its clocks every month
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | California | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 changes | nsubj |
| 2 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 clocks | nmod:poss |
| 4 | clocks | clock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 changes | obj |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 month | det |
| 6 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 changes | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | California | its clocks | month | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Patient |
Option 3
Arizona uses the Moon to tell the time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | Arizona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 uses | nsubj |
| 2 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Moon | det |
| 4 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 uses | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 tell | mark |
| 6 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 uses | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 time | det |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | Arizona | the Moon | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Patient | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | to-infinitive | Arizona not said here | time | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Arizona doesn't change its clocks, but California does
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | Arizona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 change | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 change | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 change | advmod |
| 4 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 clocks | nmod:poss |
| 6 | clocks | clock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 change | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 does | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 does | cc |
| 9 | California | California | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 does | nsubj |
| 10 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 change | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not change | present · do-support | Arizona | its clocks | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Patient | ||||
| 2 | do | present | California | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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