Test 3 · ★★ · Inventions, computers and the internet

Which is true about how computers keep information?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: computers · What happens: be, keep · To what, where: information

This is test 3 · ★★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	7 keep	mark
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 keep	advmod
6	computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 keep	nsubj
7	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	advcl
8	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules
2	keep	present	computers	information					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=Theme

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

Words, pictures and music are all stored as numbers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stored	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 pictures	punct
3	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Words	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 music	cc
5	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Words	conj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stored	aux:pass
7	all	all	ADV	_	8 stored	advmod
8	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 numbers	case
10	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	present · passive		Words and pictures and music				as numbers; all property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Computers keep tiny printed copies of every page inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	nsubj
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 copies	amod
4	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 copies	amod
5	copies	copy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 page	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 page	det
8	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 copies	nmod
9	inside	inside	ADV	_	2 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Computers	tiny printed copies of every page	inside property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copy=Theme
2	print	participle				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	copy			every page		nom copy «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Only words can be stored in a computer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 words	advmod
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stored	nsubj:pass
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stored	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 stored	aux:pass
5	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 computer	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 computer	det
8	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	can · passive		words		a computer			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in computer=Location

Option 4

Computers remember things the way people dream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remember	nsubj
2	remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remember	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remember	obj
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dream	nsubj
7	dream	dream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present	Computers	things					tree rules
2	dream	present	people	the way not said here					vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

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