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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The date line and summer time: clocks… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the crossing of the International Date Line in an easterly direction. Exam question 1 of lesson 121 «The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 1 · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the crossing of the International Date Line in an easterly direction.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, cross · **To what, where:** response, crossing, easterly direction, International Date Line

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 121 «The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/121-date-line-and-summer-time/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:e1:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the crossing of the International Date Line in an easterly direction.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	International	International	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
15	Date	Date	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Line	Line	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	easterly	easterly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the crossing of the International Date Line |  | a easterly direction |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus crossing=Experiencer |
| 4 | **cross** |  |  | the International Date Line |  |  |  |  | nom crossing «act transitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The clock alone is set back by one hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:e1:o1:1
# text = The clock alone is set back by one hour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set back** | present · passive |  | the clock |  |  | hour |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The date is advanced by one day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:e1:o2:1
# text = The date is advanced by one day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	advanced	advance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **advance** | present · passive |  | the date |  |  | day |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The date is set back by one day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:e1:o3:1
# text = The date is set back by one day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set back** | present · passive |  | the date |  |  | day |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Neither date nor clock is altered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:e1:o4:1
# text = Neither date nor clock is altered
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	4	cc	_	_
4	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	altered	alter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alter** | present · passive |  | neither date nor clock |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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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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