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title: Given that it is eight o'clock on Saturday morning in the United Kin… — The best friend who moves away · tree and pragmatics
description: Given that it is eight o'clock on Saturday morning in the United Kingdom, ascertain the time of day in Western Australia. Exam question 3 of lesson 463 «The best friend who moves away» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 3 · The best friend who moves away

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Given that it is eight o'clock on Saturday morning in the United Kingdom, ascertain the time of day in Western Australia.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** give, be, ascertain · **To what, where:** eight o'clock

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 463 «The best friend who moves away» 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/463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:e3:1
# text = Given that it is eight o'clock on Saturday morning in the United Kingdom, ascertain the time of day in Western Australia.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	advcl	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	13	flat	_	_
13	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Western	Western	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	17	nmod	_	_
22	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | eight o'clock |  |  | morning |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **ascertain** | present |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Precisely eight o'clock on Saturday morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:e3:o1:1
# text = Precisely eight o'clock on Saturday morning
1	Precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Morning of the following Sunday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:e3:o2:1
# text = Morning of the following Sunday
1	Morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
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	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Night of the preceding Friday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:e3:o3:1
# text = Night of the preceding Friday
1	Night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	preceding	precede	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **precede** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Afternoon or evening of the same Saturday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:e3:o4:1
# text = Afternoon or evening of the same Saturday
1	Afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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