Exam question 3 · Cars, doctors, scientists and translators

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the recommendation "persons similar to yourself also purchased".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, persons · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, purchase · To what, where: response, recommendation

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 recommendation	det
13	recommendation	recommendation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 persons	punct
15	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 purchased	nsubj
16	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 persons	amod
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 yourself	case
18	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	16 similar	obl
19	also	also	ADV	_	20 purchased	advmod
20	purchased	purchase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 recommendation	acl:relcl
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 purchased	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the recommendation		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus recommendation=Experiencer
5	purchase in a quote	past	persons	the recommendation not said here		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recommendation=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

It is designed principally to increase the sales of the retailer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 designed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 designed	aux:pass
3	designed	design	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	principally	principally	ADV	_	3 designed	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 increase	mark
6	increase	increase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 designed	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sales	det
8	sales	sale	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 increase	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 retailer	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 retailer	det
11	retailer	retailer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sales	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	design	present · passive		It				principally property	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	increase	to-infinitive		the sales of the retailer					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer sale=Patient

Option 2

It identifies only those goods which are necessary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 identifies	nsubj
2	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 goods	advmod
4	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 goods	det
5	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 identifies	obj
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 necessary	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 necessary	cop
8	necessary	necessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 goods	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	present	It	that goods					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent goods=Theme
2	is	present	that goods					necessary property	tree rules

Option 3

It is compiled by an independent body for consumer protection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 compiled	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 compiled	aux:pass
3	compiled	compile	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 body	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 body	det
6	independent	independent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 body	amod
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 compiled	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 protection	case
9	consumer	consumer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 protection	compound
10	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 compiled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compile	present · passive	a independent body	It				for consumer protection	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent subject=Material for protection=Beneficiary

Option 4

It is designed principally to reduce the expenditure of the customer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 designed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 designed	aux:pass
3	designed	design	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	principally	principally	ADV	_	3 designed	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 reduce	mark
6	reduce	reduce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 designed	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 expenditure	det
8	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reduce	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 customer	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 customer	det
11	customer	customer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 expenditure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	design	present · passive	It	principally property	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	reduce	to-infinitive	the expenditure of the customer		vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer expenditure=Patient
3	expend		the customer		nom expenditure «possession transitive»: of=patient

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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