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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the method by which a telephone determines its position by GPS? Exam question 2 of lesson 38 «Satellites and GPS» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 2 · Satellites and GPS

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the method by which a telephone determines its position by GPS?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** telephone · **What happens:** follow, characteris, determine · **To what, where:** method, position

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 38 «Satellites and GPS» 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/38-satellites-and-gps/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:38-satellites-and-gps:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the method by which a telephone determines its position by GPS?
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	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	determines	determine	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	GPS	GPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	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 method |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **determine** | present | a telephone | telephone's position |  |  |  | by the method; by GPS | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Topic |

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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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It requests its position from the nearest telephone mast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:38-satellites-and-gps:e2:o1:1
# text = It requests its position from the nearest telephone mast
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requests	request	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
8	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	mast	mast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | present | It | its position |  | the nearest telephone mast |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent position=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It photographs the surrounding streets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:38-satellites-and-gps:e2:o2:1
# text = It photographs the surrounding streets
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	photographs	photograph	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	surrounding	surrounding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **photograph** | present | It | the surrounding streets |  |  |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent street=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It estimates its position from the prevailing weather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:38-satellites-and-gps:e2:o3:1
# text = It estimates its position from the prevailing weather
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	estimates	estimate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	prevailing	prevail	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **estimate** | present | It | its position |  | the prevailing weather |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent position=Value |
| 2 | **prevail** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It measures the time taken for signals from several satellites to arrive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:38-satellites-and-gps:e2:o4:1
# text = It measures the time taken for signals from several satellites to arrive
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	measures	measure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	signals	signal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	satellites	satellite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	arrive	arrive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | present | It |  |  |  | time |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | participle |  | the time *not said here* |  | several satellites |  | for signals | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent for signal=Asset from satellite=Source |
| 3 | **arrive** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «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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