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title: Jack, on the last Sunday of March: "Phone says 9, kitchen clock says… — The date line and summer time: clocks… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jack, on the last Sunday of March: "Phone says 9, kitchen clock says 8. Did I sleep through an hour or what?" Test 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
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# Test 4 · ★★ · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back

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Jack, on the last Sunday of March: "Phone says 9, kitchen clock says 8. Did I sleep through an hour or what?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jack, kitchen clock, I · **What happens:** say, sleep · **To what, where:** 9, 8 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jack, on the last Sunday of March: "Phone says 9, kitchen clock says 8.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t4:1
# text = Jack, on the last Sunday of March: "Phone says 9, kitchen clock says 8.
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
18	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Jack and the last Sunday of March | 9 |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 9=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | kitchen clock | 8 |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 8=Topic |

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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:* Did I sleep through an hour or what?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t4:2
# text = Did I sleep through an hour or what?"
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past · do-support | I |  |  |  | hour |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He really did sleep through an extra hour while the clock stopped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t4:o1:1
# text = He really did sleep through an extra hour while the clock stopped
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past · do-support | He |  |  |  | hour |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stop** | past | the clock |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His phone is broken and has been running an hour fast all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t4:o2:1
# text = His phone is broken and has been running an hour fast all night
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	aux	_	_
8	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present · passive |  | His phone |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **run** | present · perfect · progressive |  |  |  |  | hour; night | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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The clocks went forward; the kitchen clock wasn't changed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t4:o3:1
# text = The clocks went forward; the kitchen clock wasn't changed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clocks	clock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the clocks |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **change** | past · passive |  | the kitchen clock |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The kitchen clock went back an hour by itself in the night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t4:o4:1
# text = The kitchen clock went back an hour by itself in the night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | past | the kitchen clock |  |  |  | hour; night | by clock | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |

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