--- title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Time zones and the date line · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Republic of India's standard time. Exam question 4 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 --- [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/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Time zones and the date line Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Republic of India's standard time. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, Republic This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:e4:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Republic of India's standard time. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Republic Republic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 standard standard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the Republic of India's standard time | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus republic=Experiencer | 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 is identical to UTC ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:e4:o1:1 # text = It is identical to UTC 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 identical identical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 UTC UTC PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | UTC | | | identical *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is eight hours ahead of UTC ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:e4:o2:1 # text = It is eight hours ahead of UTC 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 UTC UTC PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | hour | of UTC; ahead *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It is five hours and thirty minutes ahead of UTC ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:e4:o3:1 # text = It is five hours and thirty minutes ahead of UTC 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 4 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 UTC UTC PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | five hours | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is five hours ahead of UTC ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:e4:o4:1 # text = It is five hours ahead of UTC 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 UTC UTC PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | hour | of UTC; ahead *property* | tree rules | **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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