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description: Sam's dad in mid-March: "Bloody New York's changed their clocks before us again." What has happened? Test 9 · ★★ 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 e
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# Test 9 · ★★ · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back

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Sam's dad in mid-March: "Bloody New York's changed their clocks before us again." What has happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** change, happen · **To what, where:** clocks

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sam's dad in mid-March: "Bloody New York's changed their clocks before us again."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t9:1
# text = Sam's dad in mid-March: "Bloody New York's changed their clocks before us again."
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	mid-March	mid-march	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
10	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	clocks	clock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	before	before	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
17	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** *in a quote* | participle | Sam's dad in mid-March | their clocks |  |  | before us; again |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Patient |

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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 has happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t9:2
# text = What has happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	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 | **happen** | present · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
New York has moved itself into a different time zone for good, an hour nearer London

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t9:o1:1
# text = New York has moved itself into a different time zone for good, an hour nearer London
1	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
2	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	zone	zone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	_
16	nearer	near	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	15	amod	_	_
17	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present · perfect | New York | itself *= it* |  | a different time zone for good |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent itself=Theme into zone=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
New York gave up summer time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t9:o2:1
# text = New York gave up summer time
1	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
2	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | past | New York |  |  |  | time |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Britain moved its clocks back in March

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t9:o3:1
# text = Britain moved its clocks back in March
1	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move back** | past | Britain | its clocks |  |  | march |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent clock=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The USA moved its clocks forward on the second Sunday of March, before Britain

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:121-date-line-and-summer-time:t9:o4:1
# text = The USA moved its clocks forward on the second Sunday of March, before Britain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	USA	USA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	clocks	clock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	before	before	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | the USA | USA's clocks |  |  | sunday | forward *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent clock=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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