--- title: how's my msg get to my nan in canada so fast — Inventions, computers and the internet · tree and pragmatics description: how's my msg get to my nan in canada so fast Test 10 · ★★ 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. --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Inventions, computers and the internet how's my msg get to my nan in canada so fast **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** msg · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** canada This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 59 «Inventions, computers 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/59-inventions-computers-internet/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t10:1 # text = how's my msg get to my nan in canada so fast 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 msg msg NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 nan nan NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | my msg | | | canada | | to my nan *result*; fast *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to nan=Result | 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} It is split into packets that travel through cables, fibres and radio waves ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t10:o1:1 # text = It is split into packets that travel through cables, fibres and radio waves 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 split split VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 packets packet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 travel travel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 cables cable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 fibres fibre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 radio radio NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **split** | present · passive | | It | | | | into packets *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into packet=Result | | 2 | **travel** | present | packets | | | cables and fibres and radio waves | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through cable=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is printed and sent by plane ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t10:o2:1 # text = It is printed and sent by plane 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 plane plane NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **print** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **send** | participle | | | | | | by plane | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It flies there by satellite pigeon ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t10:o3:1 # text = It flies there by satellite pigeon 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 satellite satellite NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | present | It | | | there | | by satellite pigeon | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by pigeon=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} It goes by post overnight ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t10:o4:1 # text = It goes by post overnight 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 post post NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 overnight overnight ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | It | | | | | by post; overnight *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by post=Location | **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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