Test 11 · Measuring the world — length, mass, time and temperature

measured the table 3 times and got 3 diff numbers, what now

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: measure, get · To what, where: table, 3 diff numbers

This is test 11 of lesson 90 «Measuring the world — length, mass, time and temperature» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	measured	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 table	det
3	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 measured	obj
4	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 times	nummod
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 measured	obl:unmarked
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 got	cc
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 measured	conj
8	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 numbers	nummod
9	diff	diff	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 numbers	compound
10	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 got	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 what	punct
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 numbers	appos
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 what	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	past		the table			time		vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme table=Value
2	get	past		3 diff numbers					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer number=Stimulus

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

Use only the biggest number, because it's safest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	5 number	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 number	det
4	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 number	amod
5	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 safest	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 safest	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 safest	expl
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 safest	cop
10	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	1 Use	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	the biggest number					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient
2	is	present						safe property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Take the average of the measurements

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 average	det
3	average	average	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 measurements	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 measurements	det
6	measurements	measurement	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 average	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	the average of the measurements					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent average=Theme
2	average			the measurements					nom average «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Throw them all away and guess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 them	nmod:unmarked
4	away	away	ADV	_	1 Throw	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 guess	cc
6	guess	guess	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Throw	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw away	imperative	you not said here	them = they				away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	guess	infinitive	you not said here						vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Use only the first number

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	5 number	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 number	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 number	amod
5	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	the first number					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient

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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