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description: Identify the form in which a computer retains all data, including images and sound. Exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Computers and screens» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Computers and screens

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Identify the form in which a computer retains all data, including images and sound.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, computer · **What happens:** identify, retain · **To what, where:** form, data

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Computers and screens» 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/36-computers-and-screens/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:e1:1
# text = Identify the form in which a computer retains all data, including images and sound.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	retains	retain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	data	data	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	including	including	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	images	image	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	advcl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the form |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent form=Theme |
| 2 | **retain** | present | a computer | all data |  | the form |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Miniature printed images

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:e1:o1:1
# text = Miniature printed images
1	Miniature	miniature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	images	image	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Sequences of ones and zeros, corresponding to switches in the on or off state

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:e1:o2:1
# text = Sequences of ones and zeros, corresponding to switches in the on or off state
1	Sequences	sequence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	zeros	zero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	corresponding	correspond	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	switches	switch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	on	online	ADV	AFX	Typo=Yes	0	root	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	off	off	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correspond** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to switches | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Letters of the alphabet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:e1:o3:1
# text = Letters of the alphabet
1	Letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	alphabet	alphabet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **letter** |  |  | the alphabet |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Recordings upon magnetic tape exclusively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:e1:o4:1
# text = Recordings upon magnetic tape exclusively
1	Recordings	recording	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tape	tape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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