Test 7 · ★★ · Phones and computer chips

«my bro says QWERTY's in that order to slow typists down, 100% fact» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro, % fact · What happens: say, slow down, be · To what, where: order, typists · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Phones and computer chips» 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 bro	nmod:poss
3	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	QWERTY	QWERTY	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
6	's	's	PART	_	5 QWERTY	case
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 order	case
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 order	det
9	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 slow	mark
11	slow	slow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	advcl
12	typists	typist	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 slow	obj
13	down	down	ADV	_	11 slow	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fact	punct
15	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 %	nummod
16	%	%	SYM	Number=Sing	17 fact	compound
17	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 slow	obl
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 fact	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 right	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 right	cop
21	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 fact	parataxis
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my bro		that order		vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in order=Manner
2	slow down in a quote	to-infinitive	my bro not said here	typists		% fact obl; down property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent typist=Patient
3	is	present	% fact			right 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That is one popular story, and historians still argue about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 story	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 story	cop
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 story	nummod
4	popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 story	amod
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 argue	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 argue	cc
8	historians	historian	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 argue	nsubj
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 argue	advmod
10	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 story	parataxis
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 argue	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	one popular story					tree rules
2	argue speech: disagree	present	historians				still	about story	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

Option 2

Yes, it is proven beyond any doubt, and every typing book says so

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 proven	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 proven	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 proven	aux:pass
5	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	8 doubt	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 doubt	det
8	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 proven	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 says	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 says	cc
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 book	det
12	typing	typing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 book	compound
13	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 says	nsubj
14	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 proven	conj
15	so	so	ADV	_	14 says	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present · passive		it				beyond any doubt	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	every typing book						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

No, the keys are really in alphabetical order

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 order	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 keys	det
4	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 order	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 order	cop
6	really	really	ADV	_	9 order	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 order	case
8	alphabetical	alphabetical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 order	amod
9	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the keys			alphabetical order			tree rules

Option 4

No, a computer chose the best order in 1990

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 chose	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 computer	det
4	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chose	nsubj
5	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 order	det
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 order	amod
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chose	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 1990	case
10	1990	1990	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 chose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past	a computer	the best order		1990			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme

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