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title: Mia: "First New Year's in London, obviously, it's the capital of tim… — The date line and summer time: clocks… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia: "First New Year's in London, obviously, it's the capital of time." Dad: "Nah." Who's right? Test 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 tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 1 · ★★ · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back

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Mia: "First New Year's in London, obviously, it's the capital of time." Dad: "Nah." Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** capital

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 121 «The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back» 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/121-date-line-and-summer-time/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mia: "First New Year's in London, obviously, it's the capital of time."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t1:1
# text = Mia: "First New Year's in London, obviously, it's the capital of time."
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	First	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
5	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
11	obviously	obviously	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | the capital |  |  | time |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Dad: "Nah."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t1:2
# text = Dad: "Nah."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t1:3
# text = Who's right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Dad: places just west of the date line, like Kiritimati, see it first

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t1:o1:1
# text = Dad: places just west of the date line, like Kiritimati, see it first
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	west	west	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Kiritimati	Kiritimati	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | infinitive | places like Kiritimati *not said here* | line |  |  |  | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mia: London always sees New Year first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t1:o2:1
# text = Mia: London always sees New Year first
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | Mia | New Year |  |  |  | always, first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer year=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mia: Greenwich decides when New Year begins for everyone in the whole world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t1:o3:1
# text = Mia: Greenwich decides when New Year begins for everyone in the whole world
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Greenwich	Greenwich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
6	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	begins	begin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | Mia |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **begin** | present | New Year |  |  | the whole world |  | for everyone | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad: New York sees it first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t1:o4:1
# text = Dad: New York sees it first
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
4	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | Dad | it |  |  |  | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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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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