--- title: my brother reckons radio waves are way slower than sound. right? — Communication: letters, phones, radio… · tree and pragmatics description: my brother reckons radio waves are way slower than sound. right? Test 14 · ★★★ 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 was wrong. --- [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/t14/) [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/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★★★ · Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet my brother reckons radio waves are way slower than sound. right? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, radio waves · **What happens:** reckon, be · **To what, where:** way This is test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet» of the world 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/world/100-communication-letters-to-internet/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t14:1 # text = my brother reckons radio waves are way slower than sound. right? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 radio radio NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 8 slower slow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 9 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 12 right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | my brother | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | radio waves | way | | | | | 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 {#o1} Yes, they move as fast as a car ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t14:o1:1 # text = Yes, they move as fast as a car 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 move move VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | present | they | | | | | as a car; fast *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} No, they travel at the same speed as sound ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t14:o2:1 # text = No, they travel at the same speed as sound 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 travel travel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | present | they | | | the same speed | | as sound | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, they travel at the speed of light, much faster than sound ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t14:o3:1 # text = No, they travel at the speed of light, much faster than sound 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 travel travel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 much much ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 13 than than ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | present | they | | | the speed of light | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, radio waves move slower than sound ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t14:o4:1 # text = Yes, radio waves move slower than sound 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 radio radio NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 move move VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 slower slow ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | present | radio waves | | | | | than sound; slow *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | **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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