Exam question 2 · Computers and the internet

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the distinction between the internet and the World Wide Web?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: distinction

This is exam question 2 of lesson 36 «Computers and the internet» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 distinction	det
10	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	13 internet	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 internet	det
13	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distinction	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 Web	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Web	det
16	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Web	compound
17	Wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 Web	amod
18	Web	Web	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 distinction	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the distinction and the World Wide Web				of the following statements; between the internet; accurately property	tree rules

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

Option 1

The Web preceded the internet by some twenty years and gave rise to it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Web	det
2	Web	web	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 preceded	nsubj
3	preceded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 internet	det
5	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 preceded	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 years	case
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 years	det
8	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 years	nummod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 preceded	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 gave	cc
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 preceded	conj
12	rise	rise	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	past	the Web	the internet			year		tree rules
2	give	past	the Web not said here	rise	Web				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rise=Theme to it=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The internet is the network; the Web is a system of linked pages upon it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 internet	det
2	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 network	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 network	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 network	det
5	network	network	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 system	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Web	det
8	Web	web	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 system	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 system	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 system	det
11	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 network	acl:relcl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 pages	case
13	linked	link	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 pages	amod
14	pages	page	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 system	nmod
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 pages	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the internet	the network		tree rules
2	is a	present	the Web	a system	of linked pages upon internet	tree rules
3	link	participle				vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

They are identical in every respect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 identical	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 identical	cop
3	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 respect	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 respect	det
6	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 identical	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They			every respect		identical property	tree rules

Option 4

The internet is confined to telephones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 internet	det
2	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confined	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 confined	aux:pass
4	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 telephones	case
6	telephones	telephone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		the internet		telephones			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to telephone=Destination

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