Exam question 3 · Computers and the internet

Ascertain the principal consequence of the invention of the microchip.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, invent · To what, where: principal consequence, microchip

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 invention	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 invention	det
7	invention	invention	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 microchip	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 microchip	det
10	microchip	microchip	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 invention	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the principal consequence of the invention of the microchip					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	invent			the microchip					nom invention «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 · ← Mova's choice

Electricity was rendered unnecessary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rendered	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rendered	aux:pass
3	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rendered	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	past · passive		Electricity				unnecessary property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Computers became small and inexpensive enough for domestic use

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 became	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 inexpensive	cc
5	inexpensive	inexpensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 small	conj
6	enough	enough	ADV	_	5 inexpensive	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 use	case
8	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 use	amod
9	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	Computers					for domestic use; small property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Computers came to occupy entire buildings and required many operators

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 occupy	mark
4	occupy	occupy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 came	xcomp
5	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 buildings	amod
6	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 occupy	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 required	cc
8	required	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 operators	amod
10	operators	operator	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 required	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	come	past	Computers		tree rules
2	occupy	to-infinitive	Computers not said here	entire buildings	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus building=Experiencer
3	require	past	Computers not said here	many operators	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme operator=Precondition

Option 4

The telephone was abolished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 telephone	det
2	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 abolished	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 abolished	aux:pass
4	abolished	abolish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish	past · passive		the telephone					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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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