--- title: Kid says "the date line is straight cos it's just 180 degrees". Right? — Time zones and the date line · tree and pragmatics description: Kid says "the date line is straight cos it's just 180 degrees". Right? Test 9 · ★★ 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 was wrong. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Time zones and the date line Kid says "the date line is straight cos it's just 180 degrees". Right? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kid, date line · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** 180 degrees · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 4 «Time zones and the date line» of the geography 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/geography/4-time-zones-and-the-date-line/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kid says "the date line is straight cos it's just 180 degrees". ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:t9:1 # text = Kid says "the date line is straight cos it's just 180 degrees". 1 Kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 8 straight straight ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 9 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 180 180 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Kid | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the date line | 180 degrees | | | | straight *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:t9:2 # text = Right? 1 Right right INTJ UH _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, it zigzags round island groups ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:t9:o1:1 # text = No, it zigzags round island groups 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 zigzags zigzag VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 groups group NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **zigzag** | present | it | round island groups | | | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location group=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, it runs through London ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:t9:o2:1 # text = No, it runs through London 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present | it | | | London | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through london=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Yes, it is perfectly straight from pole to pole ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:t9:o3:1 # text = Yes, it is perfectly straight from pole to pole 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 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 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 straight straight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 pole pole NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 pole pole NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | pole | | to pole; perfectly, straight *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, nobody lives near it ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:4-time-zones-and-the-date-line:t9:o4:1 # text = Yes, nobody lives near it 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | nobody | | | it | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near it=Location | **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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