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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the internet? Exam question 1 of lesson 37 «The internet and undersea cables» 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 1 · The internet and undersea cables

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the internet?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** internet

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 37 «The internet and undersea cables» 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/37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the internet?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 |  | the internet |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A network of networks through which data is transmitted in packets via routers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:e1:o1:1
# text = A network of networks through which data is transmitted in packets via routers
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	network	network	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	networks	network	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	data	data	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	transmitted	transmit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	packets	packet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	via	via	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	routers	router	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transmit** | present · passive |  | a network of networks through which data |  | packets |  | via routers | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A single computer of great size situated in one country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:e1:o2:1
# text = A single computer of great size situated in one country
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **situate** | participle |  | a single computer of great size *not said here* |  | one country |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in country=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A satellite which broadcasts web pages to all dwellings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:e1:o3:1
# text = A satellite which broadcasts web pages to all dwellings
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	satellite	satellite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	broadcasts	broadcast	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	web	web	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	pages	page	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	dwellings	dwelling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **broadcast** *speech: other* | present | a satellite | web pages | all dwellings |  |  |  | vn instr\_communication-37.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent page=Topic to dwelling=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A cable connecting each dwelling to a single shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:e1:o4:1
# text = A cable connecting each dwelling to a single shop
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cable	cable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	connecting	connect	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
5	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **connect** | gerund | a cable *not said here* | each |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Patient |
| 2 | **dwell** | gerund | a cable *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a single shop | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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