--- title: In autumn the clocks "fall back". What does that mean? — Clocks, calendars and planning the day · tree and pragmatics description: In autumn the clocks "fall back". What does that mean? Test 10 · ★★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Clocks, calendars and planning the day In autumn the clocks "fall back". What does that mean? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** clocks, that · **What happens:** fall back, mean This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 263 «Clocks, calendars and planning the day» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In autumn the clocks "fall back". ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t10:1 # text = In autumn the clocks "fall back". 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 clocks clock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 fall fall VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall back** *in a quote* | infinitive | the clocks | | | | autumn | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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. *Sentence 2:* What does that mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t10:2 # text = What does that mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | that | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Clocks stop for the winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t10:o1:1 # text = Clocks stop for the winter 1 Clocks clock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | Clocks | | | | winter | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Clocks go back one hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t10:o2:1 # text = Clocks go back one hour 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 _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | present | Clocks | | | | hour | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Clocks go forward one hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t10:o3:1 # text = Clocks go forward one hour 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 _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Clocks | | | | hour | forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Clocks fall off the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t10:o4:1 # text = Clocks fall off the wall 1 Clocks clock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall off** | present | Clocks | the wall | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient wall=Extent | **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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