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title: Three pupils time the same toy car run: 4.1, 4.3 and 4.2 seconds. Wh… — Measuring the world — length, mass, ti… · tree and pragmatics
description: Three pupils time the same toy car run: 4.1, 4.3 and 4.2 seconds. What is the best value to report? Test 8 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 option;
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# Test 8 · Measuring the world — length, mass, time and temperature

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Three pupils time the same toy car run: 4.1, 4.3 and 4.2 seconds. What is the best value to report?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** best value · **What happens:** be, report

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Three pupils time the same toy car run: 4.1, 4.3 and 4.2 seconds.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:90-measuring-the-world:t8:1
# text = Three pupils time the same toy car run: 4.1, 4.3 and 4.2 seconds.
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	compound	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	run	run	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
10	4.1	4.1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	4.3	4.3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Frac	10	flat	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	4.2	4.2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* What is the best value to report?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:90-measuring-the-world:t8:2
# text = What is the best value to report?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	report	report	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best value |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **report** | to-infinitive | the best value *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only the slowest, 4.3 seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:90-measuring-the-world:t8:o1:1
# text = Only the slowest, 4.3 seconds
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	slowest	slow	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	4.3	4.3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only the fastest, 4.1 seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:90-measuring-the-world:t8:o2:1
# text = Only the fastest, 4.1 seconds
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	4.1	4.1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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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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The average, about 4.2 seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:90-measuring-the-world:t8:o3:1
# text = The average, about 4.2 seconds
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	average	average	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	4.2	4.2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The total, 12.6 seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:90-measuring-the-world:t8:o4:1
# text = The total, 12.6 seconds
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	12.6	12.6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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