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title: What would happen if a speck of dust fell on a chip while it was bei… — Phones and computer chips · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if a speck of dust fell on a chip while it was being printed? Test 5 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Phones and computer chips

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What would happen if a speck of dust fell on a chip while it was being printed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** speck · **What happens:** happen, fall, print · **To what, where:** chip, speck

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:9-phones-and-computer-chips:t5:1
# text = What would happen if a speck of dust fell on a chip while it was being printed?
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	speck	speck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	chip	chip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
16	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **fall** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a speck of dust |  |  | a chip |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on chip=Location |
| 3 | **print** | past · passive |  | speck |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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The dust would turn into a new switch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:9-phones-and-computer-chips:t5:o1:1
# text = The dust would turn into a new switch
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	switch	switch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | the dust |  |  | a new switch |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into switch=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, chips need a little dust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:9-phones-and-computer-chips:t5:o2:1
# text = Nothing, chips need a little dust
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Nothing chips | a little dust |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dust=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The chip would become faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:9-phones-and-computer-chips:t5:o3:1
# text = The chip would become faster
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chip	chip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | would | the chip |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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

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That chip could be ruined

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:9-phones-and-computer-chips:t5:o4:1
# text = That chip could be ruined
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	chip	chip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ruin** | could · passive |  | that chip |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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