--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises dayl… — Clocks, calendars and planning the day · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises daylight saving time? Exam question 2 of lesson 263 «Clocks, calendars and planning the day» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Clocks, calendars and planning the day](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Clocks, calendars and planning the day Which of the following statements most accurately characterises daylight saving time? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** daylight · **What happens:** follow, characteris, save · **To what, where:** daylight This is exam question 2 of lesson 263 «Clocks, calendars and planning the day» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises daylight saving time? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 daylight daylight NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 saving save VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | daylight | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **save** | gerund | daylight *not said here* | | | | time | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Clocks change only in the southern hemisphere ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:e2:o1:1 # text = Clocks change only in the southern hemisphere 1 Clocks clock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 change change VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 southern southern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hemisphere hemisphere NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present | Clocks | | | the southern hemisphere | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Clocks change by one day each season ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:e2:o2:1 # text = Clocks change by one day each season 1 Clocks clock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 change change VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present | Clocks | | | | day; season | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Clocks go forward one hour in spring and back in autumn ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:e2:o3:1 # text = Clocks go forward one hour in spring and back in autumn 1 Clocks clock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 forward forward ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 7 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Clocks | | | | autumn; hour; spring | forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Clocks go back one hour in spring and forward in autumn ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:e2:o4:1 # text = Clocks go back one hour in spring and forward in autumn 1 Clocks clock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 forward forward ADV RB _ 7 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | present | Clocks | | | | autumn; hour; spring | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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