Test 13 · ★★ · Inventions, computers and the internet

a video said computers understand words just like people. right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: video, computers · What happens: say, understand · To what, where: words · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★★ 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 video	det
2	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 understand	nsubj
5	understand	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 understand	obj
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 people	advmod
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 people	case
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 understand	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	3 said	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	a video						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	understand	present	computers	words				like people	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus

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

No, they understand only pictures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 understand	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 understand	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 understand	nsubj
4	understand	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 pictures	advmod
6	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 understand	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	present	they	pictures					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer picture=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, they think in English

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 think	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 think	nsubj
4	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 English	case
6	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 think	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	they			English			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

No, they store everything as numbers of 0s and 1s and follow programs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 store	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 store	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 store	nsubj
4	store	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 store	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 numbers	case
7	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 store	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 0s	case
9	0s	0	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	7 numbers	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 1s	cc
11	1s	1	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	9 0s	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 follow	cc
13	follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 store	conj
14	programs	program	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 follow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	present	they	everything				as numbers of 0s and 1s	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme
2	follow	present	they not said here	programs					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent program=Theme

Option 4

Yes, they read like people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 read	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 read	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 read	nsubj
4	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 read	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	present	they					like people	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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