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title: Leo: "Samoa and American Samoa, 100 km apart, different days? That's… — The date line and summer time: clocks… · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo: "Samoa and American Samoa, 100 km apart, different days? That's mental." ("Mental" means crazy.) Why is it so? Test 2 · ★★ 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 qu
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# Test 2 · ★★ · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back

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Leo: "Samoa and American Samoa, 100 km apart, different days? That's mental." ("Mental" means crazy.) Why is it so?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** That, Mental · **What happens:** be, mean

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo: "Samoa and American Samoa, 100 km apart, different days?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t2:1
# text = Leo: "Samoa and American Samoa, 100 km apart, different days?
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Samoa	Samoa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Samoa	Samoa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	km	km	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	appos	_	_
11	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* That's mental."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t2:2
# text = That's mental."
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* ("Mental" means crazy.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t2:3
# text = ("Mental" means crazy.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	crazy	crazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Mental |  |  |  |  | crazy *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 4:* Why is it so?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t2:4
# text = Why is it so?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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One of them uses a Moon calendar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t2:o1:1
# text = One of them uses a Moon calendar
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | One of them | a Moon calendar |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calendar=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Samoa has no calendar at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t2:o2:1
# text = Samoa has no calendar at all
1	Samoa	Samoa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Samoa | no calendar |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calendar=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The date line runs between them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t2:o3:1
# text = The date line runs between them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | the date line |  |  |  |  | between them *= they* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between they=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
American Samoa is a year behind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t2:o4:1
# text = American Samoa is a year behind
1	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Samoa	Samoa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | American Samoa | a year |  |  |  | behind *property* | tree rules |

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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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