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Test 3 · Measuring the world — length, mass, time and temperature

Sam and his dad each measure the garden in steps and get different numbers. What would solve the problem?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam · What happens: measure, get, solve · To what, where: garden, different numbers, problem

This is test 3 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

Sentence 1: Sam and his dad each measure the garden in steps and get different numbers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 measure	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 dad	cc
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sam	conj
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 measure	advmod
6	measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 garden	det
8	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 measure	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 steps	case
10	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 measure	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 get	cc
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 measure	conj
13	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 numbers	amod
14	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 get	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 measure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	present	Sam and his dad	the garden				in steps	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme garden=Value
2	get	infinitive	Sam and his dad not said here	different 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.

Sentence 2: What would solve the problem?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 solve	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 solve	aux
3	solve	solve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 problem	det
5	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 solve	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 solve	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	solve	would		the problem					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Walking faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Walking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund						fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Using a tape measure in metres

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 measure	det
3	tape	tape	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 measure	compound
4	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Using	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 metres	case
6	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Using	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund		a tape measure		metres			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Patient

Option 3

Taking much smaller steps each time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	much	much	ADV	_	3 smaller	advmod
3	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 steps	amod
4	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Taking	obj
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Taking	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	gerund		smaller steps			time		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme

Option 4

Measuring at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Measuring	measure	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 night	case
3	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Measuring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	gerund					night		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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