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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the obtaining of a reliable measurement. Exam question 4 of lesson 90 «Measuring the world — length, mass, time and temperature» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 4 · Measuring the world — length, mass, time and temperature

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the obtaining of a reliable measurement.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, obtaining

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 90 «Measuring the world — length, mass, time and temperature» of the world 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/world/90-measuring-the-world/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:90-measuring-the-world:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the obtaining of a reliable measurement.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	obtaining	obtaining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	reliable	reliable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	measurement	measurement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the obtaining of a reliable measurement |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus obtaining=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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Measure once only and with great speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:90-measuring-the-world:e4:o1:1
# text = Measure once only and with great speed
1	Measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Choose the largest of several measurements

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:90-measuring-the-world:e4:o2:1
# text = Choose the largest of several measurements
1	Choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	largest	large	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	measurements	measurement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Measure several times and take the average

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:90-measuring-the-world:e4:o3:1
# text = Measure several times and take the average
1	Measure	measure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	average	average	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the average |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent average=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Measure from any mark upon the ruler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:90-measuring-the-world:e4:o4:1
# text = Measure from any mark upon the ruler
1	Measure	measure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | any mark |  | upon the ruler | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

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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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