--- title: a video said computers understand words just like people. right? — Inventions, computers and the internet · tree and pragmatics description: a video said computers understand words just like people. right? Test 13 · ★★ 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/t13/) [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/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★★ · Inventions, computers and the internet a video said computers understand words just like people. right? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** video, computers · **What happens:** say, understand · **To what, where:** words · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t13:1 # text = a video said computers understand words just like people. right? 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 video video NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 computers computer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 understand understand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 11 right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a video | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **understand** | present | computers | words | | | | like people | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | 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} No, they understand only pictures ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t13:o1:1 # text = No, they understand only pictures 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 understand understand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | present | they | pictures | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer picture=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, they think in English ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t13:o2:1 # text = Yes, they think in English 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | they | | | English | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, they store everything as numbers of 0s and 1s and follow programs ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t13:o3:1 # text = No, they store everything as numbers of 0s and 1s and follow programs 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 store store VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 0s 0 NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 7 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 1s 1 NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 9 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 follow follow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 programs program NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **store** | present | they | everything | | | | as numbers of 0s and 1s | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | present | they *not said here* | programs | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent program=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, they read like people ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t13:o4:1 # text = Yes, they read like people 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 read read VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | present | they | | | | | like people | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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