Exam question 1 · Time zones and the calendar

Identify the principal reason for the division of the world into time zones.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal reason, time zones

This is exam question 1 of lesson 9 «Time zones and the calendar» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 division	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 division	det
7	division	division	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 world	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 world	det
10	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 division	nmod
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 zones	case
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 zones	compound
13	zones	zone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Identify	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		time zones		for the division of the world	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The calendar differs between the continents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 calendar	det
2	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 differs	nsubj
3	differs	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	between	between	ADP	_	6 continents	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 continents	det
6	continents	continent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 differs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	differ	present	the calendar					between the continents	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The Moon is visible at different hours in different places

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Moon	det
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 visible	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 visible	cop
4	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 hours	case
6	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hours	amod
7	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 visible	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 places	case
9	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 places	amod
10	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 visible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Moon			different places	hour	visible property	tree rules

Option 3

The Sun shines with differing intensity upon different nations

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sun	det
2	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 shines	nsubj
3	shines	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	SCONJ	_	5 differing	mark
5	differing	differ	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 shines	advcl
6	intensity	intensity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 differing	obj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 nations	case
8	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 nations	amod
9	nations	nation	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 differing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	present	the Sun						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	differ	gerund	the Sun not said here	intensity				upon different nations	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The rotation of the Earth brings noon to different places at different times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rotation	det
2	rotation	rotation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brings	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Earth	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Earth	det
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 rotation	nmod
6	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	noon	noon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brings	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 places	case
9	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 places	amod
10	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 brings	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 times	case
12	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 times	amod
13	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 brings	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	the rotation of the Earth			different places	noon; time		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to place=Destination
2	rotate		the Earth						nom rotation «act intransitive»: of=agent

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