--- title: Luca, in Rome, Italy, in July, sees "Event at 18:00 UTC" and sets hi… — Time zones: why it's night in Sydney w… · tree and pragmatics description: Luca, in Rome, Italy, in July, sees "Event at 18:00 UTC" and sets his alarm for 18:00. What happens? 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What happens? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Luca, Italy · **What happens:** see, set, alarm, happen · **To what, where:** Event, 18:00, alarm This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Luca, in Rome, Italy, in July, sees "Event at 18:00 UTC" and sets his alarm for 18:00. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t8:1 # text = Luca, in Rome, Italy, in July, sees "Event at 18:00 UTC" and sets his alarm for 18:00. 1 Luca Luca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Rome Rome PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Italy Italy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 July July PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 18:00 18:00 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 nmod _ _ 16 UTC UTC PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 sets set VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 18:00 18:00 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | Luca and Rome and Italy and July | Event | | 18:00 | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer event=Stimulus | | 2 | **set** | present | Luca and Rome and Italy and July *not said here* | Italy's alarm | | | | for 18:00 | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent alarm=Patient for 18:00=Beneficiary | | 3 | **alarm** | | Italy | | | | | | nom alarm «feeling transitive»: poss=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:* What happens? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t8:2 # text = What happens? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He's exactly on time ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t8:o1:1 # text = He's exactly on time 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | on time | exactly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He's 2 hours late ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t8:o2:1 # text = He's 2 hours late 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | He | 2 hours | | | | late *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He's 2 hours early; it starts at 20:00 his time ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t8:o3:1 # text = He's 2 hours early; it starts at 20:00 his time 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 starts start VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 20:00 20:00 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | He | | | | | early *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **start** | present | it | | | 20:00 his time | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} He misses it by a whole day ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:120-time-zones:t8:o4:1 # text = He misses it by a whole day 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 misses miss VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **miss** | present | He | it | | | day | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | **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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