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title: Nathan's friend in Glasgow: "Sunset at 7 every day of the year? Dinn… — Day and night, shadows and sundials · tree and pragmatics
description: Nathan's friend in Glasgow: "Sunset at 7 every day of the year? Dinnae talk mince." ("Dinnae talk mince" is Scots for don't talk rubbish.) Who's right? Test 7 of lesson 118 «Day and night, shadows and sundials» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 7 · Day and night, shadows and sundials

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Nathan's friend in Glasgow: "Sunset at 7 every day of the year? Dinnae talk mince." ("Dinnae talk mince" is Scots for don't talk rubbish.) Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, you, Dinnae talk mince · **What happens:** sunset, talk, be, not talk · **To what, where:** 7, mince, Scots, rubbish

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This is test 7 of lesson 118 «Day and night, shadows and sundials» of the world 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/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Nathan's friend in Glasgow: "Sunset at 7 every day of the year?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t7:1
# text = Nathan's friend in Glasgow: "Sunset at 7 every day of the year?
1	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Sunset	sunset	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sunset** *in a quote* | infinitive | Nathan's friend in Glasgow |  |  | 7 | day |  | tree rules |

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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:* Dinnae talk mince."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t7:2
# text = Dinnae talk mince."
1	Dinnae	Dinnae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	dep	_	_
2	talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mince	mince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* | mince |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent mince=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* ("Dinnae talk mince" is Scots for don't talk rubbish.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t7:3
# text = ("Dinnae talk mince" is Scots for don't talk rubbish.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Dinnae	Dinnae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	mince	mince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	Scots	Scot	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
13	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Dinnae talk mince | Scots |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **talk** | present · do-support | Dinnae talk mince *not said here* | rubbish |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent rubbish=Patient |

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*Sentence 4:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t7:4
# text = Who's right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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Nathan: near the equator day length hardly changes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t7:o1:1
# text = Nathan: near the equator day length hardly changes
1	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	equator	equator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | Nathan |  |  |  |  | hardly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The friend: sunset changes by hours everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t7:o2:1
# text = The friend: sunset changes by hours everywhere
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | sunset | the friend *not said here* |  |  | hour | everywhere *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nathan: but only because Singapore is so very small and flat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t7:o3:1
# text = Nathan: but only because Singapore is so very small and flat
1	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	6	case	_	_
6	Singapore	Singapore	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Singapore |  |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Singapore *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The friend: Singapore never has a sunset

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t7:o4:1
# text = The friend: Singapore never has a sunset
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Singapore	Singapore	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | present | the friend |  |  |  | sunset |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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