Exam question 1 · Inventions, computers and the internet

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a program?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 59 «Inventions, computers 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 program	det
10	program	program	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		a program				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

A list of instructions which a computer follows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 list	det
2	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 instructions	case
4	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 list	nmod
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 follows	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 computer	det
7	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 follows	nsubj
8	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 instructions	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	a computer	instructions					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
2	list			instructions					nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A cable conveying flashes of light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cable	det
2	cable	cable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	conveying	convey	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 cable	acl
4	flashes	flash	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 conveying	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 light	case
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flashes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	gerund	a cable not said here	flashes of light					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent flash=Topic
2	flash		light						nom flash «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

A machine which joins computers together across the world

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 machine	det
2	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 joins	nsubj
4	joins	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 machine	acl:relcl
5	computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 joins	obj
6	together	together	ADV	_	4 joins	advmod
7	across	across	ADP	_	9 world	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 joins	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	present	a machine	computers		the world		together property	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent computer=Patient

Option 4

A computer upon which websites are stored

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 computer	det
2	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stored	nsubj:pass
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 websites	case
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 websites	det
5	websites	website	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 computer	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stored	aux:pass
7	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	present · passive		a computer upon which websites					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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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