Exam question 4 · Inventions, computers and the internet

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the transmission of a message across the internet.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, transmit · To what, where: response, transmission, message

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 transmission	det
13	transmission	transmission	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 message	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 message	det
16	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 transmission	nmod
17	across	across	ADP	_	19 internet	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 internet	det
19	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 message	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the transmission of a message across the internet		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus transmission=Experiencer
5	transmit			a message across the internet		nom transmission «act transitive»: of=patient

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

It is carried exclusively by the postal service

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carried	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 carried	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 service	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 service	det
7	postal	postal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 service	amod
8	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present · passive	the postal service	It				exclusively property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

It is transmitted solely by telephone operators

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 transmitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transmitted	aux:pass
3	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 transmitted	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 operators	case
6	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 operators	compound
7	operators	operator	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 transmitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	present · passive	telephone operators	It				solely property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

It is conveyed whole as a single sealed letter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 conveyed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 conveyed	aux:pass
3	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conveyed	xcomp
5	as	as	ADP	_	9 letter	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 letter	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 letter	amod
8	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 letter	amod
9	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conveyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present · passive		It				as a single sealed letter; whole property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	seal	participle							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is divided into small packets, each bearing an address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 divided	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 divided	aux:pass
3	divided	divide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 packets	case
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 packets	amod
6	packets	packet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 divided	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bearing	punct
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 bearing	nsubj
9	bearing	bear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 divided	advcl
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 address	det
11	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divide	present · passive		It		small packets			vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	bear	gerund	each	a address					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent address=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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