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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a program? Exam question 1 of lesson 59 «Inventions, computers 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 right.
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# Exam question 1 · Inventions, computers and the internet

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a program?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** program

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 59 «Inventions, computers 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/59-inventions-computers-internet/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a program?
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	program	program	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |  | a program |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A list of instructions which a computer follows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:e1:o1:1
# text = A list of instructions which a computer follows
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	instructions	instruction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | a computer | instructions |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 2 | **list** |  |  | instructions |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A cable conveying flashes of light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:e1:o2:1
# text = A cable conveying flashes of light
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cable	cable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	conveying	convey	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	flashes	flash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | gerund | a cable *not said here* | flashes of light |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent flash=Topic |
| 2 | **flash** |  | light |  |  |  |  |  | nom flash «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A machine which joins computers together across the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:e1:o3:1
# text = A machine which joins computers together across the world
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	joins	join	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | present | a machine | computers |  | the world |  | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent computer=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A computer upon which websites are stored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:e1:o4:1
# text = A computer upon which websites are stored
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	websites	website	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	stored	store	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 | **store** | present · passive |  | a computer upon which websites |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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