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title: "We crossed the date line going east on Saturday, so we had two Satu… — Olympiad: maps, directions and clocks… · tree and pragmatics
description: "We crossed the date line going east on Saturday, so we had two Saturdays, sweet as." Can that be true? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 63 «Olympiad: maps, directions and clocks ★★★» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: maps, directions and clocks ★★★

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"We crossed the date line going east on Saturday, so we had two Saturdays, sweet as." Can that be true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** We, date line, that · **What happens:** cross, go, have, be · **To what, where:** date line, two Saturdays

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 63 «Olympiad: maps, directions and clocks ★★★» 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/63-olympiad-maps-directions-and-clocks/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "We crossed the date line going east on Saturday, so we had two Saturdays, sweet as."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:63-olympiad-maps-directions-and-clocks:t9:1
# text = "We crossed the date line going east on Saturday, so we had two Saturdays, sweet as."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	crossed	cross	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	3	obj	_	_
7	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	east	east	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	Saturdays	saturday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
19	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** *in a quote* | past | We | the date line |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Patient |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | gerund | the date line *not said here* |  |  |  | saturday | east *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | past | we | two Saturdays |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saturday=Patient |

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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:* Can that be true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:63-olympiad-maps-directions-and-clocks:t9:2
# text = Can that be true?
1	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | that |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, but only on a leap year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:63-olympiad-maps-directions-and-clocks:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only on a leap year
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, the date line never changes the day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:63-olympiad-maps-directions-and-clocks:t9:o2:1
# text = No, the date line never changes the day
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | present | the date line |  |  |  | day |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, going east you go back a day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:63-olympiad-maps-directions-and-clocks:t9:o3:1
# text = Yes, going east you go back a day
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
4	east	east	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | east *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go back** | present | you |  |  |  | day |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, going east you lose a whole day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:63-olympiad-maps-directions-and-clocks:t9:o4:1
# text = No, going east you lose a whole day
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
4	east	east	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | east *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | present | you |  |  |  | day |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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