Exam question 3 · Computers and screens

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the location of data saved to the cloud.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, save · To what, where: response, location, data

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 location	det
11	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 data	case
13	data	data	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 location	nmod
14	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 data	acl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 cloud	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cloud	det
17	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 saved	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the location of data		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus location=Experiencer
4	save	participle		data not said here	to the cloud	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

It is retained exclusively within the user's own device

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	3 retained	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 retained	aux:pass
3	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 retained	advmod
5	within	within	ADP	_	10 device	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 user	det
7	user	user	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 device	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 user	case
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 device	amod
10	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 retained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present · passive		It				within the user's own device; exclusively property	tree rules

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

It is retained upon computers housed in data centres and accessed through the internet

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	3 retained	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 retained	aux:pass
3	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 computers	case
5	computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 retained	obl
6	housed	house	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 computers	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 centres	case
8	data	data	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 centres	compound
9	centres	centre	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 housed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 accessed	cc
11	accessed	access	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 retained	conj
12	through	through	ADP	_	14 internet	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 internet	det
14	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 accessed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	retain	present · passive	It		upon computers	tree rules
2	house	participle	computers not said here	data centres		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in centre=Location
3	access	participle		the internet		tree rules

Option 3

It is retained within clouds in the atmosphere

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	3 retained	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 retained	aux:pass
3	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	within	within	ADP	_	5 clouds	case
5	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 retained	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 atmosphere	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 atmosphere	det
8	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 retained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present · passive		It		the atmosphere		within clouds	tree rules

Option 4

It is retained upon a satellite positioned above each dwelling

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	3 retained	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 retained	aux:pass
3	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 satellite	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 satellite	det
6	satellite	satellite	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 retained	obl
7	positioned	position	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 satellite	acl
8	above	above	ADP	_	10 dwelling	case
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 dwelling	det
10	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 positioned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present · passive		It				upon a satellite	tree rules
2	position	participle		a satellite not said here		each dwelling			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent above dwelling=Destination

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