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title: «my cousin says the internet comes from space, satellites do it all»… — The internet and undersea cables · tree and pragmatics
description: «my cousin says the internet comes from space, satellites do it all» What is the best correction? Test 2 · ★★ 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 w
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# Test 2 · ★★ · The internet and undersea cables

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«my cousin says the internet comes from space, satellites do it all» What is the best correction?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, internet, satellites, best correction · **What happens:** say, come, do, be · **To what, where:** space, internet · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:t2:1
# text = «my cousin says the internet comes from space, satellites do it all» 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	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	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	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	satellites	satellite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	parataxis	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	20	amod	_	_
20	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** *in a quote* | present | the internet |  |  | space |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from space=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present | satellites | internet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the best correction |  |  |  |  |  | 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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Most data between continents goes through undersea cables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:t2:o1:1
# text = Most data between continents goes through undersea cables
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	data	data	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	continents	continent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	undersea	undersea	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cables	cable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Most data between continents |  |  | undersea cables |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through cable=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Right, satellites carry all of it, every message and every film you watch

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:t2:o2:1
# text = Right, satellites carry all of it, every message and every film you watch
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	satellites	satellite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	watch	watch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | satellites | all |  |  |  | every message and every film *obl* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** | present | you | every film *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It comes from the Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:t2:o3:1
# text = It comes from the Moon
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | It |  |  | the Moon |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from moon=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It travels on the wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:t2:o4:1
# text = It travels on the wind
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | present | It |  |  | the wind |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wind=Trajectory |

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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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