Exam question 4 · Measuring the world — length, mass, time and temperature

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the obtaining of a reliable measurement.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, obtaining

This is exam question 4 of lesson 90 «Measuring the world — length, mass, time and temperature» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 obtaining	det
13	obtaining	obtaining	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 measurement	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 measurement	det
16	reliable	reliable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 measurement	amod
17	measurement	measurement	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 obtaining	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the obtaining of a reliable measurement		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus obtaining=Experiencer

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

Option 1

Measure once only and with great speed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 only	advmod
3	only	only	ADV	_	1 Measure	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 speed	cc
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 speed	case
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 speed	amod
7	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Measure	conj

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

Option 2

Choose the largest of several measurements

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 largest	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 largest	det
3	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 measurements	case
5	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 measurements	amod
6	measurements	measurement	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 largest	obl

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Measure several times and take the average

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 times	amod
3	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Measure	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 take	cc
5	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Measure	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 average	det
7	average	average	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	imperative	you not said here				time		vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
2	take	infinitive	you not said here	the average					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent average=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Measure from any mark upon the ruler

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 mark	case
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 mark	det
4	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Measure	obl
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 ruler	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ruler	det
7	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Measure	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	imperative	you not said here			any mark		upon the ruler	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: 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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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