Test 9 · ★★★ · Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet

Why could the Morse telegraph send any word, unlike beacon fires?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Morse telegraph · What happens: send · To what, where: word

This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet» of the world 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 send	advmod
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 send	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 telegraph	det
4	Morse	Morse	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 telegraph	compound
5	telegraph	telegraph	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 send	nsubj
6	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 word	det
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 send	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fires	punct
10	unlike	unlike	ADP	_	12 fires	case
11	beacon	beacon	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fires	compound
12	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 send	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 send	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	could	the Morse telegraph	any word				unlike beacon fires	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Each word had its own separate wire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 word	det
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wire	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wire	amod
6	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wire	amod
7	wire	wire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	each word	word's own separate wire					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wire=Patient

Option 2

The wires carried the sender's real voice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wires	det
2	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	nsubj
3	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sender	det
5	sender	sender	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 voice	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 sender	case
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 voice	amod
8	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the wires	the sender's real voice					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme

Option 3

The operators knew every message in advance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 operators	det
2	operators	operator	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 knew	nsubj
3	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 message	det
5	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knew	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 advance	case
7	advance	advance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	the operators	every message		advance			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer message=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Every letter had its own pattern of signals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 letter	det
2	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 pattern	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pattern	amod
6	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 signals	case
8	signals	signal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pattern	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	every letter	letter's own pattern of signals					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pattern=Patient
2	pattern		signals						nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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