Exam question 2 · Inventions, computers and the internet

Ascertain the form in which a computer stores letters, pictures and sounds.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, computer · What happens: ascertain, store · To what, where: form, letters

This is exam question 2 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 form	det
3	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 stores	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 computer	det
7	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stores	nsubj
8	stores	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 form	acl:relcl
9	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stores	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 pictures	punct
11	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 letters	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sounds	cc
13	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 letters	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the form					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Topic
2	store	present	a computer	letters and pictures and sounds		the form			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent letter=Theme in which=Location

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

As small printed images upon paper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	4 images	case
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 images	amod
3	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 images	amod
4	images	image	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 paper	case
6	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 images	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

As sounds recorded upon a tape

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	2 sounds	case
2	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sounds	acl
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 tape	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tape	det
6	tape	tape	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 recorded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	participle		sounds not said here				upon a tape	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

As numbers composed of 0s and 1s

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	2 numbers	case
2	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 numbers	acl
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 0s	case
5	0s	0	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	3 composed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 1s	cc
7	1s	1	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	5 0s	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	participle		numbers not said here				of 0s and 1s	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

As letters of the ordinary alphabet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	2 letters	case
2	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 alphabet	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 alphabet	det
5	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 alphabet	amod
6	alphabet	alphabet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 letters	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	letter			the ordinary alphabet					nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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