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title: A film shows a hero crossing the date line going west at 11 pm on Mo… — The date line and summer time: clocks… · tree and pragmatics
description: A film shows a hero crossing the date line going west at 11 pm on Monday. What date is it on the other side? Test 12 · ★★ 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
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# Test 12 · ★★ · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A film shows a hero crossing the date line going west at 11 pm on Monday. What date is it on the other side?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** film, hero, date · **What happens:** show, cross, go, be · **To what, where:** hero, date line, 11, other side

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This is test 12 · ★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A film shows a hero crossing the date line going west at 11 pm on Monday.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t12:1
# text = A film shows a hero crossing the date line going west at 11 pm on Monday.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
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	6	obj	_	_
10	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	west	west	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	obl	_	_
14	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:unmarked	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Monday	Monday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a film | a hero |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hero=Recipient |
| 2 | **cross** | gerund | a hero *not said here* | the date line |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Patient |
| 3 | **go** | gerund | a hero *not said here* |  |  | 11  pm | monday | west *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at 11=Location |

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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:* What date is it on the other side?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t12:2
# text = What date is it on the other side?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | date |  |  | the other side |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The next Monday, a whole week later on the calendar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t12:o1:1
# text = The next Monday, a whole week later on the calendar
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Monday	Monday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Still Monday, because dates never change out at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t12:o2:1
# text = Still Monday, because dates never change out at sea
1	Still	still	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Monday	Monday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change out** | present | Still Monday |  |  | sea |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sunday, because going west the date always goes back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t12:o3:1
# text = Sunday, because going west the date always goes back
1	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
5	west	west	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  | the date |  |  |  | west *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location date=Theme |
| 2 | **go back** | present | going |  |  |  | sunday | always *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tuesday, because going west the date jumps forward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t12:o4:1
# text = Tuesday, because going west the date jumps forward
1	Tuesday	Tuesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
5	west	west	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	jumps	jump	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  | the date |  |  |  | west *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location date=Theme |
| 2 | **jump** | present | going |  |  |  | tuesday | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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