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title: Why might someone say Alan Turing is a father of computer science? — Computers and the internet · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might someone say Alan Turing is a father of computer science? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 36 «Computers and the internet» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Computers and the internet

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Why might someone say Alan Turing is a father of computer science?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** someone, Alan · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** father · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 36 «Computers and the internet» of the history 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/36-computers-and-the-internet/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:36-computers-and-the-internet:t9:1
# text = Why might someone say Alan Turing is a father of computer science?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	Alan	Alan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	Turing	Turing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | might | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Alan | a father |  |  |  | of computer science | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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His ideas about how computers work are its base

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:36-computers-and-the-internet:t9:o1:1
# text = His ideas about how computers work are its base
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
3	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	base	base	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | computers |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | His ideas | its base |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He built the very first iPhone in his garden shed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:36-computers-and-the-internet:t9:o2:1
# text = He built the very first iPhone in his garden shed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	iPhone	iPhone	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | He | the first iPhone |  | his garden shed |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iphone=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He founded Microsoft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:36-computers-and-the-internet:t9:o3:1
# text = He founded Microsoft
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	founded	found	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Microsoft	Microsoft	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **found** | past | He | Microsoft |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent microsoft=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He invented the web

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:36-computers-and-the-internet:t9:o4:1
# text = He invented the web
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	web	web	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past | He | the web |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent web=Result |

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