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description: A boy in Florida calls his aunt in California at 8 o'clock in the evening his time. What time is it for his aunt? Test 5 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 ch
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# Test 5 · The United States and its states

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A boy in Florida calls his aunt in California at 8 o'clock in the evening his time. What time is it for his aunt?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, time · **What happens:** call, be · **To what, where:** aunt, California · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 44 «The United States and its states» 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/44-the-usa-and-its-states/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Florida calls his aunt in California at 8 o'clock in the evening his time.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t5:1
# text = A boy in Florida calls his aunt in California at 8 o'clock in the evening his time.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Florida	Florida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	California	California	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | a boy in Florida | boy's aunt |  | California | evening; time | at 8 o'clock | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent aunt=Theme at o'clock=Stimulus |

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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 time is it for his aunt?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t5:2
# text = What time is it for his aunt?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | what time |  |  |  |  | for boy's aunt | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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11 o'clock at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t5:o1:1
# text = 11 o'clock at night
1	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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5 o'clock in the afternoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t5:o2:1
# text = 5 o'clock in the afternoon
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|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	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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8 o'clock in the evening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t5:o3:1
# text = 8 o'clock in the evening
1	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|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	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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8 o'clock in the morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t5:o4:1
# text = 8 o'clock in the morning
1	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|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	_	_
```

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

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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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