Exam question 1 · Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Morse code?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: Morse code

This is exam question 1 of lesson 100 «Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	Morse	Morse	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 code	compound
10	code	code	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		Morse code				of the following statements; accurately 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

Each letter is written as a pattern of short and long signals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 letter	det
2	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 written	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 written	aux:pass
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 pattern	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pattern	det
7	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 written	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 signals	case
9	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 signals	amod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 long	cc
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 short	conj
12	signals	signal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pattern	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		each letter				as a pattern of short signals	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Result as pattern=Attribute
2	pattern		short signals						nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

Each letter is drawn as a small picture

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 letter	det
2	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drawn	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 drawn	aux:pass
4	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 picture	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 picture	det
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 picture	amod
8	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	present · passive		each letter				as a small picture	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Result as picture=Attribute

Option 3

Each letter is written as a coloured flag

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 letter	det
2	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 written	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 written	aux:pass
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 flag	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 flag	det
7	coloured	coloured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 flag	amod
8	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		each letter				as a coloured flag	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Result as flag=Attribute

Option 4

Each letter is spoken aloud over a telephone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 letter	det
2	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spoken	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 spoken	aux:pass
4	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	4 spoken	advmod
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 telephone	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 telephone	det
8	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spoken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present · passive		each letter		a telephone		aloud property	tree rules

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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