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title: Lin in Vancouver calls at 6 in the evening on Saturday. Chengdu is 1… — Grandparents abroad and grandparents y… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lin in Vancouver calls at 6 in the evening on Saturday. Chengdu is 15 hours ahead (in summer). What time is it for Nainai? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 513 «Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 1 · ★ · Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met

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Lin in Vancouver calls at 6 in the evening on Saturday. Chengdu is 15 hours ahead (in summer). What time is it for Nainai?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Vancouver, Chengdu, time · **What happens:** lin, call, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 513 «Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met» 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/513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lin in Vancouver calls at 6 in the evening on Saturday.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t1:1
# text = Lin in Vancouver calls at 6 in the evening on Saturday.
1	Lin	lin	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	Vancouver	Vancouver	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lin** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | present | Vancouver |  |  |  | evening | at 6 | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at 6=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Chengdu is 15 hours ahead (in summer).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t1:2
# text = Chengdu is 15 hours ahead (in summer).
1	Chengdu	Chengdu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
6	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Chengdu |  |  |  | hour | ahead *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What time is it for Nainai?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t1:3
# text = What time is it for Nainai?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Nainai	Nainai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | what time |  |  |  |  | for Nainai | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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9 in the evening on Saturday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t1:o1:1
# text = 9 in the evening on Saturday
1	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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9 in the morning on Sunday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t1:o2:1
# text = 9 in the morning on Sunday
1	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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6 in the morning on Sunday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t1:o3:1
# text = 6 in the morning on Sunday
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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3 in the morning on Saturday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t1:o4:1
# text = 3 in the morning on Saturday
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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