Test 11 · ★ · Phones and how a call travels

Why does a mobile call not cut out when you ride in a car through town?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: not cut out, ride · To what, where: mobile call, car

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 35 «Phones and how a call travels» of the technology 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	7 cut	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cut	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 call	det
4	mobile	mobile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 call	amod
5	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cut	nsubj:pass
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 cut	advmod
7	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 cut	compound:prt
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 ride	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 ride	nsubj
11	ride	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cut	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 car	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 car	det
14	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ride	obl
15	through	through	ADP	_	16 town	case
16	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ride	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cut out	present · passive · do-support		a mobile call					vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
2	ride	present	you			a car		through town	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through town=Trajectory

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

The call is passed from one mast to the next as you move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 call	det
2	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 passed	aux:pass
4	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 mast	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 mast	nummod
7	mast	mast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passed	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 next	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 next	det
10	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 passed	obl
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 move	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 move	nsubj
13	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 passed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present · passive		the call		one mast		to the next	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from mast=Initial_Location to next=Destination
2	move	present	you						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The phone stores the call until you stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 phone	det
2	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stores	nsubj
3	stores	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 call	det
5	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stores	obj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 stop	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 stop	nsubj
8	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stores	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	present	the phone	the call					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Theme
2	stop	present	you						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

The car carries its own mast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 car	det
2	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carries	nsubj
3	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mast	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mast	amod
6	mast	mast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carries	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	the car	car's own mast					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mast=Theme

Option 4

The call stays with the very first mast all the way across the town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 call	det
2	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stays	nsubj
3	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 mast	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mast	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 first	advmod
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 mast	amod
8	mast	mast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stays	obl
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 way	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 way	det
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stays	obl:unmarked
12	across	across	ADP	_	14 town	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 town	det
14	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	the call	all way		the town		with the first mast	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with mast=Location

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