Test 2 · ★★ · The internet and undersea cables

«my cousin says the internet comes from space, satellites do it all» What is the best correction?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, internet, satellites, best correction · What happens: say, come, do, be · To what, where: space, internet · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 37 «The internet and undersea cables» 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cousin	nmod:poss
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 internet	det
6	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 comes	nsubj
7	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 space	case
9	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 comes	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 do	punct
11	satellites	satellite	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 do	nsubj
12	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 do	obj
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 it	det
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 do	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 do	parataxis
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 What	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 correction	det
19	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 correction	amod
20	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 What	nsubj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my cousin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come in a quote	present	the internet		space	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from space=Initial_Location
3	do in a quote	present	satellites	internet		tree rules
4	is a	present	the best correction			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

Most data between continents goes through undersea cables

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 data	amod
2	data	data	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	nsubj
3	between	between	ADP	_	4 continents	case
4	continents	continent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 data	nmod
5	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 cables	case
7	undersea	undersea	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cables	amod
8	cables	cable	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Most data between continents			undersea cables			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through cable=Initial_Location

Option 2

Right, satellites carry all of it, every message and every film you watch

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	4 carry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	satellites	satellite	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carry	nsubj
4	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 carry	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 all	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 message	punct
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 message	det
10	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carry	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 film	cc
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 film	det
13	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 message	conj
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 watch	nsubj
15	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 film	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	satellites	all				every message and every film obl	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme
2	watch	present	you	every film not said here					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme

Option 3

It comes from the Moon

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 comes	nsubj
2	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 Moon	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Moon	det
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 comes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	It			the Moon			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from moon=Initial_Location

Option 4

It travels on the wind

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 travels	nsubj
2	travels	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 wind	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wind	det
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 travels	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	present	It			the wind			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wind=Trajectory

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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