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title: Lily: "So Greenwich is, like, the boss of time?" Best answer? — Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily: "So Greenwich is, like, the boss of time?" Best answer? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 123 «Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and phones» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and p…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lily: "So Greenwich is, like, the boss of time?" Best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Greenwich · **What happens:** be

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 123 «Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and phones» 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/123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily: "So Greenwich is, like, the boss of time?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t6:1
# text = Lily: "So Greenwich is, like, the boss of time?"
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	So	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
5	Greenwich	Greenwich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Greenwich |  |  |  | time | like the boss | tree rules |

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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:* Best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t6:2
# text = Best answer?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Greenwich is 0 degrees longitude, where time zones are counted from

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t6:o1:1
# text = Greenwich is 0 degrees longitude, where time zones are counted from
1	Greenwich	greenwich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	compound	_	_
5	longitude	longitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	zones	zone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Greenwich | degrees longitude |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **count** | present · passive |  | time zones |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Greenwich has its own private time that nobody else in the world uses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t6:o2:1
# text = Greenwich has its own private time that nobody else in the world uses
1	Greenwich	Greenwich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	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	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obj	_	_
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	13	nsubj	_	_
9	else	else	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Greenwich |  |  |  | time |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **use** | present | nobody | its own private time |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Greenwich decides what time everyone gets up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t6:o3:1
# text = Greenwich decides what time everyone gets up
1	Greenwich	greenwich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | Greenwich |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get up** | present | everyone |  |  |  | time |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Greenwich is where the first clock was ever made

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t6:o4:1
# text = Greenwich is where the first clock was ever made
1	Greenwich	greenwich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Greenwich |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past · passive |  | the first clock |  |  | ever |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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