--- title: Whereas a traveller traverses the International Date Line in a weste… — Time zones and the date line · tree and pragmatics description: Whereas a traveller traverses the International Date Line in a westerly direction, determine the consequent alteration to the calendar date. 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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/geography/4-time-zones-and-the-date-line/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:e2:1 # text = Whereas a traveller traverses the International Date Line in a westerly direction, determine the consequent alteration to the calendar date. 1 Whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 traveller traveller NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 traverses traverse VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 International International PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 7 Date Date PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Line Line PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 westerly westerly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 determine determine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 consequent consequent NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 alteration alteration NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 calendar calendar NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **traverse** | present | | the International Date Line | | a westerly direction | | whereas a traveller | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme line=Co-Theme | | 2 | **determine** | infinitive | | the consequent alteration | | | | to the calendar date | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alteration=Topic | 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} It remains unaltered ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:e2:o1:1 # text = It remains unaltered 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 unaltered unaltered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | present | It | | | | | unaltered *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It recedes by one day ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:e2:o2:1 # text = It recedes by one day 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 recedes recede VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recede** | present | It | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It advances by one day ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:e2:o3:1 # text = It advances by one day 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 advances advance VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **advance** | present | It | | | | day | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It advances by one week ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:e2:o4:1 # text = It advances by one week 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 advances advance VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **advance** | present | It | | | | week | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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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