Exam question 1 · Cars, doctors, scientists and translators

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the use of automated translation for important correspondence?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, use · To what, where: use, automated translation

This is exam question 1 of lesson 18 «Cars, doctors, scientists and translators» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 use	det
10	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 translation	case
12	automated	automated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 translation	amod
13	translation	translation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 use	nmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 correspondence	case
15	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 correspondence	amod
16	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 translation	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the use of automated translation for important correspondence	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	use		automated translation for important correspondence		nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Such translation is invariably accurate and accordingly requires no verification by any person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 translation	amod
2	translation	translation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 accurate	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 accurate	cop
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 accurate	advmod
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 requires	cc
7	accordingly	accordingly	ADV	_	8 requires	advmod
8	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 accurate	conj
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 verification	det
10	verification	verification	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 requires	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 person	case
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 person	det
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 requires	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such translation					accurate, invariably property	tree rules
2	require	present	Such translation not said here	no verification				by any person; accordingly property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme verification=Precondition

Option 2

Such translation is prohibited for all official purposes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 translation	amod
2	translation	translation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prohibited	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prohibited	aux:pass
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 purposes	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 purposes	det
7	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 purposes	amod
8	purposes	purpose	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Such translation				for all official purposes	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Such translation is permissible only for correspondence of trivial length

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 translation	amod
2	translation	translation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 permissible	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 permissible	cop
4	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 correspondence	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 correspondence	case
7	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 permissible	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 length	case
9	trivial	trivial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 length	amod
10	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 correspondence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such translation					for correspondence of trivial length; permissible property	tree rules
2	correspond		trivial length						nom correspondence «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Such translation is of assistance but ought to be verified by a person proficient in both languages

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 translation	amod
2	translation	translation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 assistance	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 assistance	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 assistance	case
5	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 verified	cc
7	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 verified	aux
8	to	to	PART	_	10 verified	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 verified	aux:pass
10	verified	verify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 assistance	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 person	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 person	det
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 verified	obl
14	proficient	proficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 person	amod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 languages	case
16	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	17 languages	det
17	languages	language	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 proficient	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such translation					of assistance	tree rules
2	verify	ought · passive	a person						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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