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What would happen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ellie, you · **What happens:** not use, innit, happen This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ellie: "Why don't we all use one time? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t2:1 # text = Ellie: "Why don't we all use one time? 1 Ellie Ellie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 advmod _ _ 9 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **use** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Ellie | | | | time | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Easier, innit." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t2:2 # text = Easier, innit." 1 Easier easier INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 innit innit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **innit** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* What would happen? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t2:3 # text = What would happen? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The Sun would rise at the same moment everywhere ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t2:o1:1 # text = The Sun would rise at the same moment everywhere 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | would | the Sun | | | | moment | everywhere *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Noon would be dark in half the world ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t2:o2:1 # text = Noon would be dark in half the world 1 Noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | Noon | | | half world | | dark *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing at all would change for anyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t2:o3:1 # text = Nothing at all would change for anyone 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | | | for anyone | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Everyone would wake at the same sunrise ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t2:o4:1 # text = Everyone would wake at the same sunrise 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 wake wake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 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 sunrise sunrise NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake** | would | Everyone | | | | sunrise | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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