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Test 5 · ★★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/t5/) [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/) / [Time zones: why it's night in Sydney w…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★ · Time zones: why it's night in Sydney when it's day in London Amir's dad, at 2 pm in London: "The New York lot are just starting their day." Why? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** start · **To what, where:** York lot This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Amir's dad, at 2 pm in London: "The New York lot are just starting their day." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t5:1 # text = Amir's dad, at 2 pm in London: "The New York lot are just starting their day." 1 Amir Amir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 appos _ _ 7 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:unmarked _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ _ 14 York York PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 just just ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 starting start VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Amir's dad | the York lot | | | day | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t5:2 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} New Yorkers start work at 2 pm ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t5:o1:1 # text = New Yorkers start work at 2 pm 1 New new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Yorkers yorker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 start start VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ 7 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | present | New Yorkers | work | | 2 pm | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Offices everywhere open at the same moment ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t5:o2:1 # text = Offices everywhere open at the same moment 1 Offices office NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 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 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} New York is 5 hours behind, so it's 9 am there ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t5:o3:1 # text = New York is 5 hours behind, so it's 9 am there 1 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 2 York York PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 behind behind ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ 12 am a.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:unmarked _ _ 13 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | New York | | | there | hour | behind *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | 9 | | | | am *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} New York is 5 hours ahead, so it's 7 pm ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t5:o4:1 # text = New York is 5 hours ahead, so it's 7 pm 1 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 2 York York PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 conj _ _ 12 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | New York | | | | hour | ahead *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | 7 | | | | pm *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules | **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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