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description: Charlotte in Arizona: "Sometimes we got the same time as my cousin in California, sometimes we don't, y'all." Why? Test 7 · ★★ 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 que
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# Test 7 · ★★ · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back

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Charlotte in Arizona: "Sometimes we got the same time as my cousin in California, sometimes we don't, y'all." Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Charlotte, we · **What happens:** get, not do · **To what, where:** y'all

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Charlotte in Arizona: "Sometimes we got the same time as my cousin in California, sometimes we don't, y'all."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t7:1
# text = Charlotte in Arizona: "Sometimes we got the same time as my cousin in California, sometimes we don't, y'all."
1	Charlotte	Charlotte	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Arizona	Arizona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	California	California	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	20	advmod	_	_
19	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	y'all	y'all	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | Charlotte in Arizona |  |  |  | time | as my cousin in California; sometimes *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as cousin=Attribute |
| 2 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | present | we | y'all |  |  |  | sometimes *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t7:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Arizona and California are in different countries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t7:o1:1
# text = Arizona and California are in different countries
1	Arizona	Arizona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	California	California	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Arizona and California |  |  | different countries |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
California changes its clocks every month

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t7:o2:1
# text = California changes its clocks every month
1	California	California	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	clocks	clock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | California | its clocks |  |  | month |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Arizona uses the Moon to tell the time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t7:o3:1
# text = Arizona uses the Moon to tell the time
1	Arizona	Arizona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Arizona | the Moon |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Patient |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Arizona *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Arizona doesn't change its clocks, but California does

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t7:o4:1
# text = Arizona doesn't change its clocks, but California does
1	Arizona	Arizona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	clocks	clock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	California	California	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | present · do-support | Arizona | its clocks |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | present | California |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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