--- title: What would happen if a ship's anchor cut an undersea cable? — The internet and undersea cables · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a ship's anchor cut an undersea cable? Test 4 · ★★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [The internet and undersea cables](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · The internet and undersea cables What would happen if a ship's anchor cut an undersea cable? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** anchor · **What happens:** happen, cut · **To what, where:** undersea cable This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:t4:1 # text = What would happen if a ship's anchor cut an undersea cable? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 anchor anchor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 undersea undersea ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 cable cable NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cut** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a ship's anchor | a undersea cable | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material cable=Product | 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} Nothing could ever cross that ocean again ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:t4:o1:1 # text = Nothing could ever cross that ocean again 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 4 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cross** | could | Nothing | that ocean | | | ever; again | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ocean=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Data would be sent along other cables, maybe more slowly, until it is repaired ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:t4:o2:1 # text = Data would be sent along other cables, maybe more slowly, until it is repaired 1 Data data NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 along along ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cables cable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ 11 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 until until SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 repaired repair VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | would · passive | | Data | | | | along other cables; slowly *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **repair** | present · passive | | Data | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The sea would fill with data ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:t4:o3:1 # text = The sea would fill with data 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 fill fill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 data data NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | would | the sea | | | | | with data | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with data=Instrument | ### Option 4 {#o4} The whole internet would stop forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables:t4:o4:1 # text = The whole internet would stop forever 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 internet internet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 forever forever ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | the whole internet | | | | | forever *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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. 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