--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Mors… — Communication: letters, phones, radio… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Morse code? Exam question 1 of lesson 100 «Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/100-communication-letters-to-internet/e1/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Communication: letters, phones, radio…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/100-communication-letters-to-internet/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Morse code? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** Morse code This is exam question 1 of lesson 100 «Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet» of the world 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/world/100-communication-letters-to-internet/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Morse code? 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 Morse Morse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 code code NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | | Morse code | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} Each letter is written as a pattern of short and long signals ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:e1:o1:1 # text = Each letter is written as a pattern of short and long signals 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pattern pattern NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 12 signals signal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | present · passive | | each letter | | | | as a pattern of short signals | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Result as pattern=Attribute | | 2 | **pattern** | | short signals | | | | | | nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Each letter is drawn as a small picture ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:e1:o2:1 # text = Each letter is drawn as a small picture 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | present · passive | | each letter | | | | as a small picture | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Result as picture=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} Each letter is written as a coloured flag ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:e1:o3:1 # text = Each letter is written as a coloured flag 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 coloured coloured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 flag flag NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | present · passive | | each letter | | | | as a coloured flag | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Result as flag=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} Each letter is spoken aloud over a telephone ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:e1:o4:1 # text = Each letter is spoken aloud over a telephone 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 telephone telephone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · passive | | each letter | | a telephone | | aloud *property* | tree rules | **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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