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title: A girl posts a photo and then deletes it an hour later. Is it surely… — Inventions, computers and the internet · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl posts a photo and then deletes it an hour later. Is it surely gone? Test 5 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Inventions, computers and the internet

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A girl posts a photo and then deletes it an hour later. Is it surely gone?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, photo · **What happens:** post, delete, be · **To what, where:** photo

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl posts a photo and then deletes it an hour later.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t5:1
# text = A girl posts a photo and then deletes it an hour later.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	posts	post	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	deletes	delete	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | present | a girl | a photo |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme |
| 2 | **delete** | present | a girl *not said here* | photo |  |  | then | late *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Is it surely gone?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t5:2
# text = Is it surely gone?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | photo |  |  |  |  | go, surely *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, but only because the server froze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t5:o1:1
# text = No, but only because the server froze
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	server	server	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	froze	freeze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, photos vanish after an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t5:o2:1
# text = Yes, photos vanish after an hour
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	vanish	vanish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | present | photos |  |  |  | hour |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, someone may already have copied it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t5:o3:1
# text = No, someone may already have copied it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	already	already	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
7	copied	copy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | may · perfect · passive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, pressing delete removes every single copy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t5:o4:1
# text = Yes, pressing delete removes every single copy
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pressing	press	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
4	delete	delete	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	copy	copy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | gerund |  | delete |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent delete=Theme |
| 2 | **remove** | present | pressing | every single copy |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copy=Theme |

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