Test 9 · Measuring the world — length, mass, time and temperature

Why do shops all use the same kilogram?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: shops · What happens: use · To what, where: same kilogram

This is test 9 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 use	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 use	aux
3	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 use	nsubj
4	all	all	ADV	_	5 use	advmod
5	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kilogram	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 kilogram	amod
8	kilogram	kilogram	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · do-support	shops	the same kilogram				all property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kilogram=Patient

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

So that everyone gets the same amount for the same price

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 gets	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 gets	mark
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 amount	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 amount	amod
7	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 price	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 price	det
10	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 price	amod
11	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	everyone	the same amount				for the same price	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent amount=Theme for price=Source

Option 2

So that scales need no batteries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 need	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 need	mark
3	scales	scale	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 batteries	det
6	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	scales	no batteries					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot battery=Theme

Option 3

So that bags break less often

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 break	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 break	mark
3	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 break	nsubj
4	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 often	advmod
6	often	often	ADV	_	4 break	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present	bags					often property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

So that food stays fresh longer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 stays	advmod
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 food	det
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stays	nsubj
4	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stays	xcomp
6	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 stays	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	that food					fresh, long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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