--- title: Identify the principal consequence of the invention of the printing… — Inventions, computers and the internet · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal consequence of the invention of the printing press. Exam question 3 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/59-inventions-computers-internet/e3/) [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/) / [Inventions, computers and the internet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/59-inventions-computers-internet/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Inventions, computers and the internet Identify the principal consequence of the invention of the printing press. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, invent · **To what, where:** principal consequence, printing press This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:e3:1 # text = Identify the principal consequence of the invention of the printing press. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 invention invention NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 printing printing NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 press press NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal consequence of the invention of the printing press | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme | | 2 | **invent** | | | the printing press | | | | | nom invention «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 {#o1} Handwriting was prohibited by law ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:e3:o1:1 # text = Handwriting was prohibited by law 1 Handwriting handwriting NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 prohibited prohibit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prohibit** | past · passive | law | Handwriting | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The internet was established forthwith ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:e3:o2:1 # text = The internet was established forthwith 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 internet internet NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 forthwith forthwith ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **establish** | past · passive | | the internet | | | | forthwith *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Books became cheaper and knowledge spread more widely ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:e3:o3:1 # text = Books became cheaper and knowledge spread more widely 1 Books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 cheaper cheap ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 8 widely widely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | Books | | | | | cheap *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **spread** | past | knowledge | | | | | widely *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Books became more costly and rarer than they were before ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:e3:o4:1 # text = Books became more costly and rarer than they were before 1 Books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 costly costly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 rarer rare ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 7 than than SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 before before ADV RB _ 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | Books | | | | | costly, rare *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | Books *= book* | | | | | before *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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