Test 10 · ★★ · Inventions, computers and the internet

how's my msg get to my nan in canada so fast

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: msg · What happens: get · To what, where: canada

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 59 «Inventions, computers 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 get	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 msg	nmod:poss
4	msg	msg	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 nan	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nan	nmod:poss
8	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 canada	case
10	canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 fast	advmod
12	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	my msg			canada		to my nan result; fast property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to nan=Result

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

It is split into packets that travel through cables, fibres and radio waves

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 split	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 split	aux:pass
3	split	split	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 packets	case
5	packets	packet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 split	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 travel	nsubj
7	travel	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 packets	acl:relcl
8	through	through	ADP	_	9 cables	case
9	cables	cable	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 travel	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fibres	punct
11	fibres	fibre	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cables	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 waves	cc
13	radio	radio	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 waves	compound
14	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cables	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	present · passive		It				into packets result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into packet=Result
2	travel	present	packets			cables and fibres and radio waves			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through cable=Trajectory

Option 2

It is printed and sent by plane

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 printed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 printed	aux:pass
3	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sent	cc
5	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 printed	conj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 plane	case
7	plane	plane	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	present · passive		It					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	send	participle						by plane	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It flies there by satellite pigeon

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	2 flies	nsubj
2	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 flies	advmod
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 pigeon	case
5	satellite	satellite	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pigeon	compound
6	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	It			there		by satellite pigeon	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by pigeon=Location

Option 4

It goes by post overnight

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	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 post	case
4	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	obl
5	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	2 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	It					by post; overnight property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by post=Location

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