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title: Given that Kiritimati is fourteen hours ahead of London, ascertain t… — The date line and summer time: clocks… · tree and pragmatics
description: Given that Kiritimati is fourteen hours ahead of London, ascertain the time in London at the moment Kiritimati attains midnight commencing the first of January. Exam question 2 of lesson 121 «The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back» of the world course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 2 · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back

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Given that Kiritimati is fourteen hours ahead of London, ascertain the time in London at the moment Kiritimati attains midnight commencing the first of January.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kiritimati, time, midnight · **What happens:** give, be, ascertain, attain, commence · **To what, where:** first

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:e2:1
# text = Given that Kiritimati is fourteen hours ahead of London, ascertain the time in London at the moment Kiritimati attains midnight commencing the first of January.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	Kiritimati	Kiritimati	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	1	advcl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
19	Kiritimati	Kiritimati	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	_
20	attains	attain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
21	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	commencing	commence	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	acl	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	first	first	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	22	obj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | Kiritimati |  |  |  | hour | of London; ahead *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **ascertain** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **attain** | present | the time in London at the moment |  |  |  | midnight |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **commence** | gerund | midnight *not said here* | the first of January |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent first=Eventuality |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Midnight of the thirty-first of December

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:e2:o1:1
# text = Midnight of the thirty-first of December
1	Midnight	Midnight	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Two o'clock in the afternoon of the first of January

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:e2:o2:1
# text = Two o'clock in the afternoon of the first of January
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	first	first	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Ten o'clock in the morning of the thirty-first of December

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:e2:o3:1
# text = Ten o'clock in the morning of the thirty-first of December
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ten o'clock in the evening of the thirty-first of December

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:e2:o4:1
# text = Ten o'clock in the evening of the thirty-first of December
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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