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description: A storm snaps a telegraph wire between two towns. Which way of sending messages still works between them? Test 7 · ★★★ 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 e
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet

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A storm snaps a telegraph wire between two towns. Which way of sending messages still works between them?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** storm, way · **What happens:** snap, send, work · **To what, where:** telegraph wire, messages

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A storm snaps a telegraph wire between two towns.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t7:1
# text = A storm snaps a telegraph wire between two towns.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	snaps	snap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	telegraph	telegraph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	wire	wire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snap** | present | a storm | a telegraph wire |  |  |  | between two towns | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wire=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which way of sending messages still works between them?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t7:2
# text = Which way of sending messages still works between them?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sending	send	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	between	between	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund | which way *not said here* | messages |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |
| 2 | **work** | present | which way |  |  |  | still | between messages *= message* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Radio, because it needs no wire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t7:o1:1
# text = Radio, because it needs no wire
1	Radio	Radio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	wire	wire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Radio | no wire |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wire=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Morse code sent along the broken wire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t7:o2:1
# text = Morse code sent along the broken wire
1	Morse	morse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	code	code	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	along	along	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	wire	wire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | participle |  | Morse code *not said here* |  |  |  | along the broken wire | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A telephone on the same wire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t7:o3:1
# text = A telephone on the same wire
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wire	wire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The telegraph, by shouting louder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t7:o4:1
# text = The telegraph, by shouting louder
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	telegraph	telegraph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	conj	_	_
6	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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