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description: «my brother reckons the cloud is a real cloud and rain might wipe my photos» What is the best correction? Test 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 
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Computers and screens

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«my brother reckons the cloud is a real cloud and rain might wipe my photos» What is the best correction?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, cloud, rain, best correction · **What happens:** reckon, be, wipe · **To what, where:** real cloud, photos · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 36 «Computers and screens» of the technology 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/technology/36-computers-and-screens/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:t4:1
# text = «my brother reckons the cloud is a real cloud and rain might wipe my photos» What is the best correction?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	wipe	wipe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
15	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	advcl	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	22	amod	_	_
22	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** *in a quote* | present | my brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the cloud | a real cloud |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **wipe** *in a quote* | might | rain | my photos |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent photo=Source |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the best correction | a real cloud |  |  |  |  | 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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The cloud is computers in data centres, reached through the internet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:t4:o1:1
# text = The cloud is computers in data centres, reached through the internet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	data	data	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	centres	centre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	reached	reach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the cloud | computers |  | data centres |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reach** | participle |  | computers *not said here* |  | the internet |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent through internet=Path |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Right, so save photos on sunny days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:t4:o2:1
# text = Right, so save photos on sunny days
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | imperative | you *not said here* | photos |  |  | day |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The cloud is inside the phone's camera

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:t4:o3:1
# text = The cloud is inside the phone's camera
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	camera	camera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the cloud |  |  | the phone's camera |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Right, the cloud lives above the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:36-computers-and-screens:t4:o4:1
# text = Right, the cloud lives above the house
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	above	above	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | the cloud |  |  | the house |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above house=Location |

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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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