Test 1 · ★★ · Time zones and the calendar
It is 12 noon in London. Which is most likely true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: It · What happens: be · To what, where: 12 noon, London
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Time zones and the calendar» 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: It is 12 noon in London.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 noon | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 noon | cop |
| 3 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 noon | nummod |
| 4 | noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 London | case |
| 6 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 noon | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 noon | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | 12 noon | London | tree rules |
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: Which is most likely true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 true | cop |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 true | advmod |
| 5 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | likely, true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It is evening in New York and morning in Beijing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 evening | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 evening | cop |
| 3 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 York | case |
| 5 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 York | flat |
| 6 | York | York | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 evening | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 morning | cc |
| 8 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 evening | conj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 Beijing | case |
| 10 | Beijing | Beijing | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 evening | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | evening and morning | New York | in Beijing | tree rules |
Option 2
It is midnight in Paris
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 midnight | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 midnight | cop |
| 3 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Paris | case |
| 5 | Paris | Paris | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 midnight | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | midnight | Paris | tree rules |
Option 3
It is noon everywhere on the Earth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 noon | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 noon | cop |
| 3 | noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 noon | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 Earth | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Earth | det |
| 7 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 noon | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | noon | the Earth | everywhere property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It is evening in Beijing and early morning in New York
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 evening | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 evening | cop |
| 3 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Beijing | case |
| 5 | Beijing | Beijing | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 evening | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 morning | cc |
| 7 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 morning | amod |
| 8 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Beijing | conj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 York | case |
| 10 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 York | flat |
| 11 | York | York | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 morning | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | evening | Beijing and early morning in New York | tree rules |
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