--- title: Whereas a given locality experiences midday, ascertain the approxima… — Day and night · tree and pragmatics description: Whereas a given locality experiences midday, ascertain the approximate hour at the diametrically opposite point of the globe. Exam question 4 of lesson 1 «Day and night» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/1-day-and-night/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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Day and night](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/1-day-and-night/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Day and night Whereas a given locality experiences midday, ascertain the approximate hour at the diametrically opposite point of the globe. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, ascertain, point · **To what, where:** opposite point, globe This is exam question 4 of lesson 1 «Day and night» of the world 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/world/1-day-and-night/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:1-day-and-night:e4:1 # text = Whereas a given locality experiences midday, ascertain the approximate hour at the diametrically opposite point of the globe. 1 Whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 locality locality NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 experiences experience NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 compound _ _ 6 midday midday NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 approximate approximate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 diametrically diametrically ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 globe globe NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the opposite point of the globe | hour | whereas a experiences midday | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **point** | | | the globe | | | | | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Approximately midnight ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:1-day-and-night:e4:o1:1 # text = Approximately midnight 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Likewise midday, at the same hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:1-day-and-night:e4:o2:1 # text = Likewise midday, at the same hour 1 Likewise likewise ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 midday midday NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Late afternoon, before dusk ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:1-day-and-night:e4:o3:1 # text = Late afternoon, before dusk 1 Late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 before before ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 dusk dusk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Early morning, about dawn ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:1-day-and-night:e4:o4:1 # text = Early morning, about dawn 1 Early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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