--- title: Whereas a traveller proceeds eastward into the adjacent time zone, d… — Time zones and the calendar · tree and pragmatics description: Whereas a traveller proceeds eastward into the adjacent time zone, determine the customary adjustment of the clock. Exam question 4 of lesson 9 «Time zones and the calendar» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/9-time-zones-and-the-calendar/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/) / [Time zones and the calendar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/9-time-zones-and-the-calendar/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Time zones and the calendar Whereas a traveller proceeds eastward into the adjacent time zone, determine the customary adjustment of the clock. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** clock · **What happens:** proceed, determine, adjust · **To what, where:** adjacent time zone, customary adjustment This is exam question 4 of lesson 9 «Time zones and the calendar» 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/9-time-zones-and-the-calendar/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:e4:1 # text = Whereas a traveller proceeds eastward into the adjacent time zone, determine the customary adjustment of the clock. 1 Whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 traveller traveller NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 proceeds proceed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 eastward eastward ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 adjacent adjacent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 zone zone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 determine determine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 customary customary NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 adjustment adjustment NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **proceed** | present | | | | the adjacent time zone | | whereas a traveller; eastward *property* | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **determine** | infinitive | | the customary adjustment of the clock | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adjustment=Topic | | 3 | **adjust** | | the clock | | | | | | nom adjustment «event intransitive»: of=agent | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It is advanced by twelve hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:e4:o1:1 # text = It is advanced by twelve hours 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 advanced advance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **advance** | present · passive | | It | | | hour | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is put back by one hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:e4:o2:1 # text = It is put back by one hour 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 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put back** | present · passive | | It | | | hour | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It is advanced by one hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:e4:o3:1 # text = It is advanced by one hour 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 advanced advance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **advance** | present · passive | | It | | | hour | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It remains unaltered ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:e4:o4:1 # text = It remains unaltered 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 unaltered unaltered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | present | It | | | | | unaltered *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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