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title: Ascertain the form in which a computer stores letters, pictures and… — Inventions, computers and the internet · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the form in which a computer stores letters, pictures and sounds. Exam question 2 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 2 · Inventions, computers and the internet

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Ascertain the form in which a computer stores letters, pictures and sounds.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, computer · **What happens:** ascertain, store · **To what, where:** form, letters

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the form in which a computer stores letters, pictures and sounds.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stores	store	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the form |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Topic |
| 2 | **store** | present | a computer | letters and pictures and sounds |  | the form |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent letter=Theme in which=Location |

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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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As small printed images upon paper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:e2:o1:1
# text = As small printed images upon paper
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	images	image	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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As sounds recorded upon a tape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:e2:o2:1
# text = As sounds recorded upon a tape
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tape	tape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | participle |  | sounds *not said here* |  |  |  | upon a tape | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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As numbers composed of 0s and 1s

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:e2:o3:1
# text = As numbers composed of 0s and 1s
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	0s	0	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	1s	1	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compose** | participle |  | numbers *not said here* |  |  |  | of 0s and 1s | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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As letters of the ordinary alphabet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:e2:o4:1
# text = As letters of the ordinary alphabet
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	alphabet	alphabet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **letter** |  |  | the ordinary alphabet |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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