Test 9 · ★★ · Phones and computer chips
In a film one person builds a phone alone in a garage in a day. What is the truth for real phones?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one person, truth · What happens: build, be · To what, where: phone, film
This is test 9 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: In a film one person builds a phone alone in a garage in a day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 builds | obl |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 person | nummod |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 builds | nsubj |
| 6 | builds | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 phone | det |
| 8 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 builds | obj |
| 9 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 6 builds | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 garage | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 garage | det |
| 12 | garage | garage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 builds | obl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 day | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 day | det |
| 15 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 builds | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 builds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | present | one person | a phone | a film | day | in a garage; alone property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Product |
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 the truth for real phones?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 phones | case |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 phones | amod |
| 7 | phones | phone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 truth | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth for real phones | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Phones are grown from seeds in special greenhouses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phones | phone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grown | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 grown | aux:pass |
| 3 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 seeds | case |
| 5 | seeds | seed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grown | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 greenhouses | case |
| 7 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 greenhouses | amod |
| 8 | greenhouses | greenhouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grown | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present · passive | Phones | seeds | in special greenhouses | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: subject=Extent from seed=Initial_State in greenhouse=Attribute |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Parts come from many countries and are put together in big factories
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | nsubj |
| 2 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 countries | case |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 countries | amod |
| 5 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 put | cc |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 put | aux:pass |
| 8 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 come | conj |
| 9 | together | together | ADV | _ | 8 put | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 factories | case |
| 11 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 factories | amod |
| 12 | factories | factory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Parts | many countries | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from country=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | put together | present · passive | Parts not said here | big factories | together property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in factory=Destination |
Option 3
Phones are carved from a single block of metal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phones | phone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 carved | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 carved | aux:pass |
| 3 | carved | carve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 block | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 block | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 block | amod |
| 7 | block | block | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carved | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 metal | case |
| 9 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 block | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carve | present · passive | Phones | a single block of metal | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from block=Material |
Option 4
One clever person builds each phone alone from scratch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 person | nummod |
| 2 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 person | amod |
| 3 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 builds | nsubj |
| 4 | builds | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 phone | det |
| 6 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 builds | obj |
| 7 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 4 builds | advmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 scratch | case |
| 9 | scratch | scratch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 builds | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | present | One clever person | each phone | scratch | alone property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent phone=Product from scratch=Material |
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