--- title: Zara: "Why's Babusia (grandma) always ringing so early for dinner?"… — Time zones: why it's night in Sydney w… · tree and pragmatics description: Zara: "Why's Babusia (grandma) always ringing so early for dinner?" She rings at 7 pm Kyiv time. What time is it in London? Test 6 · ★★ 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 o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Time zones: why it's night in Sydney when it's day in London Zara: "Why's Babusia (grandma) always ringing so early for dinner?" She rings at 7 pm Kyiv time. What time is it in London? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Zara, Babusia, time · **What happens:** be, ring · **To what, where:** Babusia, 7, pm, London This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Zara: "Why's Babusia (grandma) always ringing so early for dinner?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t6:1 # text = Zara: "Why's Babusia (grandma) always ringing so early for dinner?" 1 Zara Zara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 Babusia Babusia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 7 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 8 punct _ _ 10 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 11 advmod _ _ 11 ringing ring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Zara and Babusia *not said here* | Babusia | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ring** *in a quote* | gerund | Zara and Babusia | | | | | for dinner; always, early *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | 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:* She rings at 7 pm Kyiv time. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t6:2 # text = She rings at 7 pm Kyiv time. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rings ring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ 5 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:unmarked _ _ 6 Kyiv Kyiv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | present | Babusia | | | 7 pm Kyiv time | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 7=Location | *Sentence 3:* What time is it in London? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t6:3 # text = What time is it in London? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | what time | pm *= p.m.* | | London | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in london=Location | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} 5 pm ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t6:o1:1 # text = 5 pm 1 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 3 pm ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t6:o2:1 # text = 3 pm 1 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 9 pm ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t6:o3:1 # text = 9 pm 1 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 7 pm ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t6:o4:1 # text = 7 pm 1 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` 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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