Test 5 · ★★ · The internet and undersea cables
In a cartoon, a whole web page zooms down one wire as one big parcel. What really happens?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: whole web page · What happens: zoom down, happen · To what, where: one wire, cartoon
This is test 5 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: In a cartoon, a whole web page zooms down one wire as one big parcel.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 zooms | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 page | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 page | amod |
| 7 | web | web | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 page | compound |
| 8 | page | page | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 zooms | nsubj |
| 9 | zooms | zoom | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | down | down | ADV | _ | 9 zooms | advmod |
| 11 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 wire | nummod |
| 12 | wire | wire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 zooms | obj |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 parcel | case |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 parcel | nummod |
| 15 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 parcel | amod |
| 16 | parcel | parcel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 zooms | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 zooms | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | zoom down | present | a whole web page | one wire | a cartoon | as one big parcel; down property | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location wire=Theme |
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 really happens?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 happens | advmod |
| 3 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
It is read out loud to your computer
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 read | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 read | aux:pass |
| 3 | read | read | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 read | compound:prt |
| 5 | loud | loud | ADV | _ | 3 read | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 computer | case |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 computer | nmod:poss |
| 8 | computer | computer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 read | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read out | present · passive | It | your computer | loud property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to computer=Recipient |
Option 2
It is printed and posted
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 printed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 printed | aux:pass |
| 3 | printed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root | |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 posted | cc |
| 5 | posted | post | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 printed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | present · passive | It | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | post | participle | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
It is sent as a single picture
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 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sent | aux:pass |
| 3 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 picture | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 picture | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 picture | amod |
| 7 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present · passive | It | as a single picture | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It is split into many small packets that may take different paths
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 split | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 split | aux:pass |
| 3 | split | split | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 packets | case |
| 5 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 packets | amod |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 packets | amod |
| 7 | packets | packet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 split | obl |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 take | nsubj |
| 9 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 take | aux |
| 10 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 packets | acl:relcl |
| 11 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 paths | amod |
| 12 | paths | path | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | split | present · passive | It | into many small packets result | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into packet=Result | ||||
| 2 | take | may | many small packets | different paths | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Theme |
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