Test 9 · ★★ · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back

Sam's dad in mid-March: "Bloody New York's changed their clocks before us again." What has happened?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad · What happens: change, happen · To what, where: clocks

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Sam's dad in mid-March: "Bloody New York's changed their clocks before us again."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dad	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Sam	case
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 changed	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 mid-March	case
5	mid-March	mid-march	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dad	nmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 changed	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 changed	punct
8	Bloody	bloody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 York	amod
9	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 York	flat
10	York	York	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 changed	nsubj
11	's	's	PART	_	10 York	case
12	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 clocks	nmod:poss
14	clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 changed	obj
15	before	before	ADP	_	16 us	case
16	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 changed	obl
17	again	again	ADV	_	12 changed	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 changed	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 changed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change in a quote	participle	Sam's dad in mid-March	their clocks			before us; again		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Patient

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 has happened?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happened	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happened	aux
3	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present · perfect							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

New York has moved itself into a different time zone for good, an hour nearer London

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 York	flat
2	York	York	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 moved	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 moved	aux
4	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 moved	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	10 zone	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 zone	det
8	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 zone	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 zone	compound
10	zone	zone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moved	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 good	case
12	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 zone	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 hour	punct
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 hour	det
15	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 zone	parataxis
16	nearer	near	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 hour	amod
17	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 nearer	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present · perfect	New York	itself = it		a different time zone for good			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent itself=Theme into zone=Trajectory

Option 2

New York gave up summer time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 York	flat
2	York	York	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 gave	compound:prt
5	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 time	compound
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	past	New York				time		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Britain moved its clocks back in March

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 moved	nsubj
2	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past 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 moved	obj
5	back	back	ADV	_	2 moved	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 March	case
7	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move back	past	Britain	its clocks			march		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent clock=Theme

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

The USA moved its clocks forward on the second Sunday of March, before Britain

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 USA	det
2	USA	USA	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 moved	nsubj
3	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 clocks	nmod:poss
5	clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 moved	obj
6	forward	forward	ADV	_	3 moved	advmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 Sunday	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sunday	det
9	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 Sunday	amod
10	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 moved	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 March	case
12	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Sunday	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Britain	punct
14	before	before	ADP	_	15 Britain	case
15	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Sunday	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	the USA	USA's clocks			sunday	forward property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent clock=Theme

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