Exam question 2 · Computers and screens

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a computer program?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: computer program

This is exam question 2 of lesson 36 «Computers and screens» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 program	det
10	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 program	compound
11	program	program	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	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		a computer program				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

The external casing of the apparatus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 casing	det
2	external	external	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 casing	amod
3	casing	casing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 apparatus	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 apparatus	det
6	apparatus	apparatus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 casing	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

A list of exact instructions, composed by programmers, which the computer executes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 list	det
2	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 executes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 instructions	case
4	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 instructions	amod
5	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 list	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 composed	punct
7	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 instructions	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 programmers	case
9	programmers	programmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 composed	obl:agent
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 computer	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 computer	nsubj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 computer	det
13	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 programmers	appos
14	executes	execute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	compose	participle		exact instructions not said here	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	computer		programmers		tree rules
3	execute	present	a list of exact instructions		vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	list			exact instructions	nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A television broadcast concerning computers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 television	det
2	television	television	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broadcast	nsubj
3	broadcast	broadcast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 computers	amod
5	computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 broadcast	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	broadcast speech: other	past	a television	concerning computers					vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent computer=Topic

Option 4

The electrical supply of the apparatus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 supply	det
2	electrical	electrical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 supply	amod
3	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 apparatus	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 apparatus	det
6	apparatus	apparatus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 supply	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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