--- title: Calculate the distance covered in a quarter of an hour by a vehicle… — Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: Calculate the distance covered in a quarter of an hour by a vehicle moving uniformly at 80 kilometres per hour. Exam question 1 of lesson 44 «Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★ Calculate the distance covered in a quarter of an hour by a vehicle moving uniformly at 80 kilometres per hour. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, vehicle · **What happens:** calculate, cover, move · **To what, where:** distance, 80 kilometres This is exam question 1 of lesson 44 «Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★» of the physics 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/physics/44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:e1:1 # text = Calculate the distance covered in a quarter of an hour by a vehicle moving uniformly at 80 kilometres per hour. 1 Calculate calculate VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 vehicle vehicle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 14 moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 uniformly uniformly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 80 80 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 19 per per ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **calculate** | imperative | you *not said here* | the distance | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cover** | participle | | the distance *not said here* | | | | by a vehicle; in a quarter of a hour | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in quarter=Theme | | 3 | **move** | gerund | a vehicle *not said here* | | | 80 kilometres per hour | | uniformly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at kilometre=Trajectory | 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} 80 kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:e1:o1:1 # text = 80 kilometres 1 80 80 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} 20 kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:e1:o2:1 # text = 20 kilometres 1 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 40 kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:e1:o3:1 # text = 40 kilometres 1 40 40 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 4 kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:e1:o4:1 # text = 4 kilometres 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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