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title: Ascertain the reason for which the fan of a computer accelerates dur… — Computers and screens · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the reason for which the fan of a computer accelerates during demanding tasks. Exam question 4 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 4 · Computers and screens

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Ascertain the reason for which the fan of a computer accelerates during demanding tasks.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, fan · **What happens:** ascertain, accelerate, demand · **To what, where:** reason

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the reason for which the fan of a computer accelerates during demanding tasks.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	accelerates	accelerate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl	_	_
12	during	during	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	demanding	demand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	amod	_	_
14	tasks	task	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **accelerate** | present | the fan of a computer |  |  |  | during demanding tasks | for the reason | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **demand** *speech: request* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

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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 loudspeakers are thereby activated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:e4:o1:1
# text = The loudspeakers are thereby activated
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	loudspeakers	loudspeaker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	activated	activate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **activate** | present · passive |  | the loudspeakers |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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

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The chips generate additional heat which must be carried away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:e4:o2:1
# text = The chips generate additional heat which must be carried away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	generate	generate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **generate** | present | the chips | additional heat |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Patient |
| 2 | **carry away** | must · passive |  | additional heat |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The battery requires agitation in order to release further electrical energy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:e4:o3:1
# text = The battery requires agitation in order to release further electrical energy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	battery	battery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	agitation	agitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	release	release	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	further	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
10	electrical	electrical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | the battery | agitation |  | order |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme agitation=Precondition |
| 2 | **release** | to-infinitive | the battery *not said here* | electrical energy |  |  |  | far *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer energy=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The screen requires additional air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:e4:o4:1
# text = The screen requires additional air
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | the screen | additional air |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme air=Precondition |

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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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