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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origin of summer time in Britain? Exam question 4 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 tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 4 · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origin of summer time in Britain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** origin

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origin of summer time in Britain?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the origin of summer time in Britain |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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It was decreed by Pope Gregory the Thirteenth for all Christendom in 1582

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:e4:o1:1
# text = It was decreed by Pope Gregory the Thirteenth for all Christendom in 1582
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	decreed	decree	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Gregory	Gregory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Thirteenth	thirteenth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	Christendom	Christendom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	1582	1582	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decree** | past · passive | Pope Gregory | It |  | 1582 |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme thirteenth=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was devised in 1884 at the International Meridian Conference in Washington

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:e4:o2:1
# text = It was devised in 1884 at the International Meridian Conference in Washington
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	devised	devise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1884	1884	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	International	International	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	Meridian	Meridian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Conference	Conference	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Washington	Washington	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devise** | past · passive |  | It |  | 1884 |  | at the International Meridian Conference in Washington | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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

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It was advocated from 1907 by William Willett and adopted in 1916

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:e4:o3:1
# text = It was advocated from 1907 by William Willett and adopted in 1916
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	advocated	advocate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1907	1907	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	William	William	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
8	Willett	Willett	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	1916	1916	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **advocate** | past · passive | William | It |  | 1907 |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **adopt** | participle | William *not said here* |  |  | 1916 |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was adopted in 1752 together with the Gregorian calendar in Britain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:e4:o4:1
# text = It was adopted in 1752 together with the Gregorian calendar in Britain
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1752	1752	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Gregorian	gregorian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** | past · passive |  | It |  | 1752 |  | with the Gregorian calendar in Britain; together *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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