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title: Sam and his dad each measure the garden in steps and get different n… — Measuring the world — length, mass, ti… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sam and his dad each measure the garden in steps and get different numbers. What would solve the problem? Test 3 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 question and of each o
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# Test 3 · Measuring the world — length, mass, time and temperature

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

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/90-measuring-the-world/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:90-measuring-the-world:t3:1
# text = Sam and his dad each measure the garden in steps and get different numbers.
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	measure	measure	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
13	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would solve the problem?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:90-measuring-the-world:t3:2
# text = What would solve the problem?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	solve	solve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Walking faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:90-measuring-the-world:t3:o1:1
# text = Walking faster
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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Using a tape measure in metres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:90-measuring-the-world:t3:o2:1
# text = Using a tape measure in metres
1	Using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	tape	tape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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Taking much smaller steps each time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:90-measuring-the-world:t3:o3:1
# text = Taking much smaller steps each time
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	much	much	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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Measuring at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:90-measuring-the-world:t3:o4:1
# text = Measuring at night
1	Measuring	measure	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	night	night	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** | gerund |  |  |  |  | night |  | 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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