--- title: Given that a navigator's clock indicates two o'clock in the afternoo… — Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time,… · tree and pragmatics description: Given that a navigator's clock indicates two o'clock in the afternoon, London time, at the moment of local noon, and that the Earth rotates fifteen degrees per hour, ascertain the position of the ship. 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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/123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:e2:1 # text = Given that a navigator's clock indicates two o'clock in the afternoon, London time, at the moment of local noon, and that the Earth rotates fifteen degrees per hour, ascertain the position of the ship. 1 Given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 mark _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 navigator navigator NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 indicates indicate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 local local ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 rotates rotate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 29 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 per per ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 34 ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **indicate** | present | a navigator's clock | two o'clock and London time | | | moment | in the afternoon | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot o'clock=Topic | | 3 | **rotate** | present | the Earth | fifteen degrees | | | per hour | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location degree=Theme | | 4 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the position of the ship | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Topic | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Thirty degrees east of Greenwich ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:e2:o1:1 # text = Thirty degrees east of Greenwich 1 Thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 east east ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Greenwich Greenwich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Two degrees west of Greenwich ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:e2:o2:1 # text = Two degrees west of Greenwich 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 west west ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Greenwich Greenwich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Thirty degrees west of Greenwich ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:e2:o3:1 # text = Thirty degrees west of Greenwich 1 Thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 west west ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Greenwich Greenwich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Fifteen degrees west of Greenwich ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:e2:o4:1 # text = Fifteen degrees west of Greenwich 1 Fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 west west ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Greenwich Greenwich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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