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title: Which is true about how computers keep information? — Inventions, computers and the internet · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true about how computers keep information? Test 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 right.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Inventions, computers and the internet

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Which is true about how computers keep information?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** computers · **What happens:** be, keep · **To what, where:** information

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t3:1
# text = Which is true about how computers keep information?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present | computers | information |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Words, pictures and music are all stored as numbers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t3:o1:1
# text = Words, pictures and music are all stored as numbers
1	Words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	stored	store	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | present · passive |  | Words and pictures and music |  |  |  | as numbers; all *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Computers keep tiny printed copies of every page inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t3:o2:1
# text = Computers keep tiny printed copies of every page inside
1	Computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	copies	copy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Computers | tiny printed copies of every page |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copy=Theme |
| 2 | **print** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **copy** |  |  | every page |  |  |  |  | nom copy «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only words can be stored in a computer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t3:o3:1
# text = Only words can be stored in a computer
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	stored	store	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | can · passive |  | words |  | a computer |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in computer=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Computers remember things the way people dream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t3:o4:1
# text = Computers remember things the way people dream
1	Computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remember	remember	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	dream	dream	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | present | Computers | things |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dream** | present | people | the way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |

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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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