Test 6 · ★ · Computers and the internet

grandad's first phone was literally a brick??

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: first phone · What happens: be · To what, where: brick

This is test 6 · ★ 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	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 phone	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 grandad	case
3	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 phone	amod
4	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brick	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 brick	cop
6	literally	literally	ADV	_	8 brick	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 brick	det
8	brick	brick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	??	??	PUNCT	_	8 brick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	grandad's first phone	a brick				literally 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yes, the first mobile phones in the 1980s were brick-sized

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 phones	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 phones	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 phones	amod
5	mobile	mobile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 phones	amod
6	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sized	nsubj:pass
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 1980s	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 1980s	det
9	1980s	1980s	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	6 phones	nmod
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 sized	aux:pass
11	brick	brick	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sized	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 brick	punct
13	sized	size	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	size	past · passive		the first mobile phones in the 1980s					tree rules

Option 2

No, mobile phones came in 1850

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 came	punct
3	mobile	mobile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 phones	amod
4	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 1850	case
7	1850	1850	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	mobile phones			1850			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1850=Location

Option 3

Yes, they were made from a real house brick with buttons stuck on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	10 brick	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 brick	det
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 brick	amod
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 brick	compound
10	brick	brick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 buttons	case
12	buttons	button	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 brick	nmod
13	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 buttons	acl
14	on	on	ADP	_	13 stuck	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		they		a real house brick with buttons			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from brick=Material
2	stick on	participle		buttons not said here					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

No, phones were always tiny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 tiny	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tiny	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tiny	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 tiny	advmod
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	phones					always, tiny property	tree rules

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