--- title: Identify the principal reason for which a uniform national time was… — Time zones and the date line · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which a uniform national time was adopted by the British railways. Exam question 3 of lesson 4 «Time zones and the date line» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/4-time-zones-and-the-date-line/e3/) [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/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Time zones and the date line](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/4-time-zones-and-the-date-line/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Time zones and the date line Identify the principal reason for which a uniform national time was adopted by the British railways. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, uniform, British railways · **What happens:** identify, time, adopt · **To what, where:** principal reason, national time This is exam question 3 of lesson 4 «Time zones and the date line» of the geography 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/geography/4-time-zones-and-the-date-line/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:e3:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which a uniform national time was adopted by the British railways. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 uniform uniform NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 national national ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 adopted adopt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 British British ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 railways railway NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **time** | | uniform | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **adopt** | past · passive | the British railways | a national time | | | | for the principal reason | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The Sun no longer kept regular time ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:e3:o1:1 # text = The Sun no longer kept regular time 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 no no ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 regular regular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | the Sun | | | | time | long *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Local solar time had been abolished by Parliament ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:e3:o2:1 # text = Local solar time had been abolished by Parliament 1 Local local ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 solar solar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 abolished abolish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Parliament Parliament PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abolish** | past · perfect · passive | Parliament | | | | time | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Railway timetables required a single common time ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:e3:o3:1 # text = Railway timetables required a single common time 1 Railway railway NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 timetables timetable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 required require VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **require** | past | Railway timetables | | | | time | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ships required it for navigation ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:e3:o4:1 # text = Ships required it for navigation 1 Ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 required require VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 navigation navigation NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **require** | past | Ships | it | | | | for navigation | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Precondition | **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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