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title: «chips are made of sand?? lol no way» What is right? — Phones and computer chips · tree and pragmatics
description: «chips are made of sand?? lol no way» What is right? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Phones and computer chips» 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 1 · ★★ · Phones and computer chips

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«chips are made of sand?? lol no way» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** make, be · **To what, where:** chips

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Phones and computer chips» 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/9-phones-and-computer-chips/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:9-phones-and-computer-chips:t1:1
# text = «chips are made of sand?? lol no way» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	advcl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
8	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | chips |  |  |  | of sand; no way *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *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 {#o1}

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No, chips are made of plastic, like toy bricks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:9-phones-and-computer-chips:t1:o1:1
# text = No, chips are made of plastic, like toy bricks
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	bricks	brick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | chips |  |  |  | of plastic; like toy bricks | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, beach sand is printed on just as it comes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:9-phones-and-computer-chips:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, beach sand is printed on just as it comes
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print on** | present · passive |  | beach sand |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | present | sand |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, computer chips are made of thin slices of potato

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:9-phones-and-computer-chips:t1:o3:1
# text = No, computer chips are made of thin slices of potato
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	slices	slice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	potato	potato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | computer chips |  |  |  | of thin slices of potato | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **slice** |  |  | potato |  |  |  |  | nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Silicon chips start from sand that is purified and grown into crystals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:9-phones-and-computer-chips:t1:o4:1
# text = Silicon chips start from sand that is purified and grown into crystals
1	Silicon	silicon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	start	start	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	purified	purify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	crystals	crystal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | Silicon chips |  |  | sand |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **purify** | present · passive |  | sand |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | into crystals *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into crystal=Result |

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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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