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title: Identify the principal reason for the adoption of a single national… — Everyday inventions: pots, boats, whee… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for the adoption of a single national time in Britain during the 1840s. Exam question 4 of lesson 62 «Everyday inventions: pots, boats, wheels, horses, clocks and glasses» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 4 · Everyday inventions: pots, boats, wheels, horses, clocks a…

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Identify the principal reason for the adoption of a single national time in Britain during the 1840s.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, adopt · **To what, where:** principal reason, single national time

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 62 «Everyday inventions: pots, boats, wheels, horses, clocks and glasses» of the history 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses:e4:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for the adoption of a single national time in Britain during the 1840s.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	adoption	adoption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	during	during	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	1840s	1840	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  | during the 1840s | for the adoption of a single national time in Britain | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **adopt** |  |  | a single national time in Britain |  |  |  |  | nom adoption «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A decree of the Roman Senate preserved in law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses:e4:o1:1
# text = A decree of the Roman Senate preserved in law
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	decree	decree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Roman	Roman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Senate	Senate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	preserved	preserve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **preserve** | past | a decree of the Roman Senate |  |  | law |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **decree** |  | the Roman Senate |  |  |  |  |  | nom decree «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The introduction of eyeglasses into the schools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses:e4:o2:1
# text = The introduction of eyeglasses into the schools
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	introduction	introduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	eyeglasses	eyeglass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **introduce** |  |  | eyeglasses |  | the schools |  |  | nom introduction «act transitive»: of=patient into=place |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The invention of television broadcasting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses:e4:o3:1
# text = The invention of television broadcasting
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	invention	invention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	broadcasting	broadcasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** |  |  | television broadcasting |  |  |  |  | nom invention «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The requirements of railway timetables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses:e4:o4:1
# text = The requirements of railway timetables
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	requirements	requirement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	railway	railway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	timetables	timetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** |  |  | railway timetables |  |  |  |  | nom requirement «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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**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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