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title: It is given that a fixture commences at six o'clock in the evening i… — The World Cup · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a fixture commences at six o'clock in the evening in Los Angeles, eight hours behind the United Kingdom. Determine the corresponding time in the United Kingdom. Exam question 3 of lesson 61 «The World Cup» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 3 · The World Cup

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It is given that a fixture commences at six o'clock in the evening in Los Angeles, eight hours behind the United Kingdom. Determine the corresponding time in the United Kingdom.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fixture, you · **What happens:** give, commence, determine, correspond · **To what, where:** It, six o'clock, United Kingdom

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 61 «The World Cup» of the medicine 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/medicine/61-the-world-cup/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a fixture commences at six o'clock in the evening in Los Angeles, eight hours behind the United Kingdom.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:61-the-world-cup:e3:1
# text = It is given that a fixture commences at six o'clock in the evening in Los Angeles, eight hours behind the United Kingdom.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fixture	fixture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	commences	commence	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Los	Los	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	Angeles	Angeles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
20	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	23	flat	_	_
23	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **commence** | present | a fixture |  |  | six o'clock | evening |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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:* Determine the corresponding time in the United Kingdom.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:61-the-world-cup:e3:2
# text = Determine the corresponding time in the United Kingdom.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	corresponding	correspond	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	8	flat	_	_
8	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the United Kingdom | time |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **correspond** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Two o'clock in the morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:61-the-world-cup:e3:o1:1
# text = Two o'clock in the morning
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Eight o'clock in the evening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:61-the-world-cup:e3:o2:1
# text = Eight o'clock in the evening
1	Eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Midnight precisely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:61-the-world-cup:e3:o3:1
# text = Midnight precisely
1	Midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ten o'clock in the morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:61-the-world-cup:e3:o4:1
# text = Ten o'clock in the morning
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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