Test 3 · ★★ · Computers and screens

In a movie, a computer gets clever by itself and decides to plan a party. What is true of real computers?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: computer · What happens: get, decide, plan, be · To what, where: movie, party

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 36 «Computers and screens» 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

Sentence 1: In a movie, a computer gets clever by itself and decides to plan a party.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 movie	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 movie	det
3	movie	movie	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gets	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 movie	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 computer	det
6	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gets	nsubj
7	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gets	xcomp
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 itself	case
10	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 clever	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 decides	cc
12	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 gets	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 plan	mark
14	plan	plan	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 decides	xcomp
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 party	det
16	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 plan	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	get	present	a computer		a movie	clever property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	decide	present	a computer not said here				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	plan not said to happen	to-infinitive	a computer not said here	a party			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Topic

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.

Sentence 2: What is true of real computers?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 computers	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 computers	amod
6	computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						of real computers; true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They think and feel exactly like people, and they get bored and want to have fun

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 think	nsubj
2	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 feel	cc
4	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 think	conj
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	7 people	advmod
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 people	case
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 feel	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 get	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 get	nsubj
11	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 think	conj
12	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 get	xcomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 want	cc
14	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 think	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 have	mark
16	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 want	xcomp
17	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	They			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	feel	present	They not said here		like people	vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like people=Theme
3	get	present	people		bored property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	want	present	They not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	have not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	fun		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Patient

Option 2

They learn only by watching TV

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 learn	nsubj
2	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	2 learn	advmod
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 watching	mark
5	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 learn	advcl
6	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present	They						vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	watch	gerund	They not said here	TV					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tv=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They follow programs written by people, step by step

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 follow	nsubj
2	follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	programs	program	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 follow	obj
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 programs	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 written	obl:agent
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 step	punct
8	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 programs	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 step	case
10	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 follow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	They	programs and step				by step	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent program=Theme by step=Trajectory
2	write	participle		programs and step not said here					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They decide what to do with no program

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 decide	nsubj
2	decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 do	mark
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decide	ccomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 program	case
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 program	det
8	program	program	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	They						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do not said to happen	to-infinitive						with no program	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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