--- title: my mate says when the clocks go forward u lose a whole day. right? — Clocks, calendars and planning the day · tree and pragmatics description: my mate says when the clocks go forward u lose a whole day. right? Test 20 · ★★ 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 right. --- [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/t20/) [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/) / t20 # Test 20 · ★★ · Clocks, calendars and planning the day my mate says when the clocks go forward u lose a whole day. right? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, clocks, u · **What happens:** say, go, lose · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 20 · ★★ 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/#t20). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t20:1 # text = my mate says when the clocks go forward u lose a whole day. right? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 clocks clock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 8 forward forward ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 15 right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | present | the clocks | | | | | forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **lose** | present | u | | | | day | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: 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} Yes, 12 hours, so you skip a night ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t20:o1:1 # text = Yes, 12 hours, so you skip a night 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 skip skip VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **skip** | present | 12 hours | | | | night | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, clocks go forward one hour in spring ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t20:o2:1 # text = No, clocks go forward one hour in spring 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 clocks clock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 forward forward ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | clocks | | | | hour; spring | forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, they go back a day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t20:o3:1 # text = No, they go back a day 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | present | they | | | | day | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, a whole day goes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t20:o4:1 # text = Yes, a whole day goes 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | a whole day | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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