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title: Why is a web page chopped into packets instead of sent all in one pi… — The internet and undersea cables · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is a web page chopped into packets instead of sent all in one piece? Test 11 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · The internet and undersea cables

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Why is a web page chopped into packets instead of sent all in one piece?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** packets · **What happens:** chop, send · **To what, where:** web page, packets, one piece

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 37 «The internet and undersea cables» 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/37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:t11:1
# text = Why is a web page chopped into packets instead of sent all in one piece?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	web	web	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	chopped	chop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	packets	packet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
12	all	all	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | present · passive |  | a web page |  |  |  | into packets *result* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into packet=Result |
| 2 | **send** | participle | packets *not said here* | one piece |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=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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Packets are prettier on the screen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:t11:o1:1
# text = Packets are prettier on the screen
1	Packets	packet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	prettier	pretty	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Packets |  |  | the screen |  | pretty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Packets make the page smaller on your screen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:t11:o2:1
# text = Packets make the page smaller on your screen
1	Packets	packet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Packets | the page |  | your screen |  | small *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset page=Product |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Small packets can each find a free path and a lost one can be sent again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:t11:o3:1
# text = Small packets can each find a free path and a lost one can be sent again
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	packets	packet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
16	again	again	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | can | Small packets | a free path |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Topic |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **send** | can · passive |  | a lost one |  |  | again |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Big pieces are not allowed by law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:t11:o4:1
# text = Big pieces are not allowed by law
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pieces	piece	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	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive | law | Big pieces |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary |

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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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