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title: A ship's anchor damages an undersea cable. What happens to internet… — Inventions, computers and the internet · tree and pragmatics
description: A ship's anchor damages an undersea cable. What happens to internet messages that used it? Test 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 wro
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Inventions, computers and the internet

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A ship's anchor damages an undersea cable. What happens to internet messages that used it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** anchor, internet messages · **What happens:** damage, happen, use · **To what, where:** undersea cable, cable

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A ship's anchor damages an undersea cable.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t2:1
# text = A ship's anchor damages an undersea cable.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	anchor	anchor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	damages	damage	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	undersea	undersea	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cable	cable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **damage** | present | a ship's anchor | a undersea cable |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument cable=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What happens to internet messages that used it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t2:2
# text = What happens to internet messages that used it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to internet messages | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | past | internet messages | cable |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The messages turn into sound waves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t2:o1:1
# text = The messages turn into sound waves
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | the messages |  |  | sound waves |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into wave=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Routers send the packets along other paths

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t2:o2:1
# text = Routers send the packets along other paths
1	Routers	router	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	send	send	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	packets	packet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	along	along	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	paths	path	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present | Routers | the packets |  |  |  | along other paths | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent packet=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The messages sink to the seabed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t2:o3:1
# text = The messages sink to the seabed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sink	sink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	seabed	seabed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | present | the messages |  |  |  |  | to the seabed | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All of the internet in the world stops for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t2:o4:1
# text = All of the internet in the world stops for ever
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | all internet in the world |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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