Test 7 · ★ · Computers and the internet

Why did the war make governments want fast computers?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: war, governments · What happens: do, make, want · To what, where: fast computers

This is test 7 · ★ 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	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 war	det
4	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	nsubj
5	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	ccomp
6	governments	government	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 want	nsubj
7	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 make	xcomp
8	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 computers	amod
9	computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 want	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past			tree rules
2	make	present	the war		tree rules
3	want	present	governments	fast computers	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot computer=Theme

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

To print more money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 print	mark
2	print	print	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 money	amod
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 print	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	to-infinitive		more money					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme

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

To break enemy codes and do big calculations quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 break	mark
2	break	break	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 codes	compound
4	codes	code	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 break	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 do	cc
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 break	conj
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 calculations	amod
8	calculations	calculation	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 do	obj
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 break	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	to-infinitive		enemy codes				quickly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer code=Patient
2	do	present		big calculations					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calculation=Eventuality

Option 3

To send holiday photos to soldiers' families back home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 send	mark
2	send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 photos	compound
4	photos	photo	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 send	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 families	case
6	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 families	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 soldiers	case
8	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 send	obl
9	back	back	ADV	_	2 send	advmod
10	home	home	ADV	_	2 send	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	to-infinitive		holiday photos		soldiers's families		home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent photo=Theme to family=Destination

Option 4

To play games

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 play	mark
2	play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 play	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	to-infinitive		games					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=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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