Test 3 · ★ · Computers and the internet

Why is it surprising that Ada Lovelace wrote a program in the 1840s?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, Ada · What happens: surprise, write · To what, where: program, 1840s

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 36 «Computers and the internet» of the history 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 surprising	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 surprising	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 surprising	nsubj
4	surprising	surprise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 wrote	mark
6	Ada	Ada	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 wrote	nsubj
7	Lovelace	Lovelace	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Ada	flat
8	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 surprising	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 program	det
10	program	program	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wrote	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 1840s	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 1840s	det
13	1840s	1840	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	8 wrote	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 surprising	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surprise	present · progressive	it						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus
2	write	past	Ada	a program		the 1840s			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent program=Theme in 1840=Destination

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

She had a smartphone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 smartphone	det
4	smartphone	smartphone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	a smartphone					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smartphone=Patient

Option 2

She lived in 2007

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lived	nsubj
2	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 2007	case
4	2007	2007	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	She			2007			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 2007=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The machine was never finished and electronic computers came a century later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 machine	det
2	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finished	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 finished	aux:pass
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 finished	advmod
5	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 came	cc
7	electronic	electronic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 computers	amod
8	computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 came	nsubj
9	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 finished	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 century	det
11	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 came	nsubj
12	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not finish	past · passive		the machine					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
2	come	past	electronic computers					late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Programs were common then, and every rich family in London had a computer at home

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Programs	program	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 common	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 common	cop
3	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 common	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 had	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 had	cc
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 family	det
8	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 family	amod
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 had	nsubj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 London	case
11	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 family	nmod
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 common	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 computer	det
14	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 had	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 home	case
16	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 had	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Programs				then	common property	tree rules
2	have	past	every rich family in London	a computer		home			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent computer=Patient

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