Test 13 · Measuring the world — length, mass, time and temperature

my brother started measuring from the end of the ruler, not the zero. is that right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, that · What happens: start, measure, be · To what, where: end

This is test 13 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 started	nsubj
3	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	measuring	measure	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 right	advcl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 end	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 measuring	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 ruler	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ruler	det
10	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 end	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 zero	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 zero	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 zero	det
14	zero	zero	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ruler	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 measuring	punct
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
17	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 right	nsubj
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 started	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 started	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	start	past	my brother			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	measure	gerund	that not said here	from the end of the ruler and the zero		vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	that		right property	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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, if you add one centimetre

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 add	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 add	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 add	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 add	nsubj
5	add	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 centimetre	nummod
7	centimetre	centimetre	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 add	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	present	you	one centimetre					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent centimetre=Patient

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

No, you must start from the zero mark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 start	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 start	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 start	aux
5	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 mark	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mark	det
8	zero	zero	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 mark	nummod
9	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 start	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	must	you			the zero mark			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Yes, any end of the ruler works

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 works	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 end	det
4	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 works	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 ruler	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ruler	det
7	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 end	nmod
8	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	any end of the ruler						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

No, you must start from the 1 mark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 start	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 start	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 start	aux
5	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 mark	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mark	det
8	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 mark	nummod
9	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 start	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	must	you			the 1 mark			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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