--- title: It is given that it is noon on the West Coast of the United States.… — The United States and its states · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that it is noon on the West Coast of the United States. Ascertain the hour on the East Coast. Exam question 4 of lesson 44 «The United States and its states» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/44-the-usa-and-its-states/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [The United States and its states](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/44-the-usa-and-its-states/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The United States and its states It is given that it is noon on the West Coast of the United States. Ascertain the hour on the East Coast. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, you · **What happens:** give, be, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, noon, West Coast, East Coast This is exam question 4 of lesson 44 «The United States and its states» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/44-the-usa-and-its-states/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that it is noon on the West Coast of the United States. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:e4:1 # text = It is given that it is noon on the West Coast of the United States. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Coast Coast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 United United ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 States State PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | noon | | the West Coast of the United States | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain the hour on the East Coast. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:e4:2 # text = Ascertain the hour on the East Coast. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Coast Coast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the East Coast | hour | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Six o'clock in the evening ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:e4:o1:1 # text = Six o'clock in the evening 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Nine o'clock in the morning ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:e4:o2:1 # text = Nine o'clock in the morning 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Three o'clock in the afternoon ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:e4:o3:1 # text = Three o'clock in the afternoon 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Noon likewise ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:e4:o4:1 # text = Noon likewise 1 Noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` 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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