--- title: Identify the principal means by which a mobile telephone communicate… — Phones and how a call travels · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal means by which a mobile telephone communicates with the nearest mast. Exam question 1 of lesson 35 «Phones and how a call travels» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Phones and how a call travels](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Phones and how a call travels Identify the principal means by which a mobile telephone communicates with the nearest mast. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal, mobile telephone · **What happens:** identify, mean, communicate This is exam question 1 of lesson 35 «Phones and how a call travels» of the technology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/technology/35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal means by which a mobile telephone communicates with the nearest mast. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 principal principal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 mobile mobile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 telephone telephone NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 communicates communicate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 14 amod _ _ 14 mast mast NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | present | the principal | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **communicate** | present | a mobile telephone | | | | | with the nearest mast | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with mast=Co-Agent | 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 {#o1} Light pulses transmitted through the window ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels:e1:o1:1 # text = Light pulses transmitted through the window 1 Light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 pulses pulse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 transmitted transmit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **transmit** | participle | | Light pulses *not said here* | | the window | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Sound waves transmitted directly through the air to the top of the mast ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels:e1:o2:1 # text = Sound waves transmitted directly through the air to the top of the mast 1 Sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 transmitted transmit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 directly directly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 mast mast NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **transmit** | participle | | Sound waves *not said here* | | the air | | to the top of the mast; directly *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to top=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Electric current conducted through the ground ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels:e1:o3:1 # text = Electric current conducted through the ground 1 Electric electric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 current current NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 conducted conduct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conduct** | participle | | Electric current *not said here* | | the ground | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent through ground=Destination | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Radio waves carrying the voice converted into numerical data ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels:e1:o4:1 # text = Radio waves carrying the voice converted into numerical data 1 Radio radio NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 converted convert VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 numerical numerical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 data data NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | gerund | Radio waves *not said here* | the voice | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme | | 2 | **convert** | past | Radio waves | | | | | into numerical data *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into data=Result | **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. 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