Exam question 4 · Phones and how a call travels

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of the loudspeaker of a telephone?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: function

This is exam question 4 of lesson 35 «Phones and how a call travels» of the technology 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 function	det
10	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 loudspeaker	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 loudspeaker	det
13	loudspeaker	loudspeaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 function	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 telephone	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 telephone	det
16	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 loudspeaker	nmod
17	?	?	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 function of the loudspeaker of a telephone				of the following statements; 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It reconverts electric signals into sound by the vibration of a small cone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reconverts	nsubj
2	reconverts	reconvert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 signals	amod
4	signals	signal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reconverts	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 sound	case
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reconverts	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 vibration	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 vibration	det
9	vibration	vibration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reconverts	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 cone	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 cone	det
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cone	amod
13	cone	cone	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 vibration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reconvert	present	It	electric signals		sound		by the vibration of a small cone	tree rules
2	vibrate		a small cone						nom vibration «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

It stores the voice for subsequent replay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stores	nsubj
2	stores	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 voice	det
4	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stores	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 replay	case
6	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 replay	amod
7	replay	replay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stores	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	present	It	the voice				for subsequent replay	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme

Option 3

It emits light by which the voice is transmitted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 emits	nsubj
2	emits	emit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 emits	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 transmitted	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 voice	det
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 transmitted	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 transmitted	aux:pass
9	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 emits	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	present	It	light					vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source light=Theme
2	transmit	present · passive		the voice					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

It converts the sound of the voice into numerical data for transmission by radio

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 converts	nsubj
2	converts	convert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sound	det
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 voice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 voice	det
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sound	nmod
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 data	case
9	numerical	numerical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 data	amod
10	data	data	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 transmission	case
12	transmission	transmission	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 radio	case
14	radio	radio	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convert	present	It	the sound of the voice				into numerical data result; for transmission; by radio	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent sound=Patient into data=Result

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