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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a computer program? Exam question 2 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 right.
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# Exam question 2 · Computers and screens

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a computer program?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** computer program

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a computer program?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	program	program	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a computer program |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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 {#o1}

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The external casing of the apparatus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:e2:o1:1
# text = The external casing of the apparatus
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	external	external	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	casing	casing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	apparatus	apparatus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A list of exact instructions, composed by programmers, which the computer executes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:e2:o2:1
# text = A list of exact instructions, composed by programmers, which the computer executes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	instructions	instruction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	programmers	programmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
14	executes	execute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compose** | participle |  | exact instructions *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **computer** |  | programmers |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **execute** | present | a list of exact instructions |  |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **list** |  |  | exact instructions |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A television broadcast concerning computers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:e2:o3:1
# text = A television broadcast concerning computers
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	broadcast	broadcast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **broadcast** *speech: other* | past | a television | concerning computers |  |  |  |  | vn instr\_communication-37.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent computer=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The electrical supply of the apparatus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:e2:o4:1
# text = The electrical supply of the apparatus
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	electrical	electrical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	supply	supply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	apparatus	apparatus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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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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