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title: A World Cup final kicks off at 20:00 local time in a country 7 hours… — Time zones: why it's night in Sydney w… · tree and pragmatics
description: A World Cup final kicks off at 20:00 local time in a country 7 hours behind you. Your mate: "Easy, that's 1 pm for us." What's right? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Time zones: why it's night in Sydney when it's day in London» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Time zones: why it's night in Sydney when it's day in London

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A World Cup final kicks off at 20:00 local time in a country 7 hours behind you. Your mate: "Easy, that's 1 pm for us." What's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cup final, that · **What happens:** kick off, be · **To what, where:** 1 pm

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Time zones: why it's night in Sydney when it's day in London» 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/120-time-zones/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A World Cup final kicks off at 20:00 local time in a country 7 hours behind you.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t12:1
# text = A World Cup final kicks off at 20:00 local time in a country 7 hours behind you.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Cup	Cup	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	final	final	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	kicks	kick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	20:00	20:00	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick off** | present | a Cup final |  |  |  | hour; time |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=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:* Your mate: "Easy, that's 1 pm for us."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t12:2
# text = Your mate: "Easy, that's 1 pm for us."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | 1 pm |  |  |  | for us | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t12:3
# text = What's right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Your mate's right, 1 pm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t12:o1:1
# text = Your mate's right, 1 pm
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	appos	_	_
7	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It's 8 pm for you as well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t12:o2:1
# text = It's 8 pm for you as well
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	4	advmod	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | 8 pm |  |  |  | for you | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's 7 pm for you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t12:o3:1
# text = It's 7 pm for you
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | 7 |  |  |  | for you; pm *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's 3 am the next day for you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t12:o4:1
# text = It's 3 am the next day for you
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
4	am	a.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the 3 next day |  |  |  | for you | tree rules |

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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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