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Test 4 · Cars, doctors, scientists and translators

In a cartoon a robot waiter cooks, serves, chats and comforts a crying child. What is closer to real life now?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: robot waiter · What happens: cook, comfort, cry, be · To what, where: serves, crying child

This is test 4 of lesson 18 «Cars, doctors, scientists and translators» of the AI 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.

The question

Sentence 1: In a cartoon a robot waiter cooks, serves, chats and comforts a crying child.

casedetobldetcompoundnsubjpunctobjpunctconjccconjdetamodobjpunctrootInADPaDETcartoonNOUNaDETrobotNOUNwaiterNOUNcooksVERB,PUNCTservesNOUN,PUNCTchatsNOUNandCCONJcomfortsVERBaDETcryingVERBchildNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 cartooncase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 cartoondet
3cartooncartoonNOUNNumber=Sing7 cooksobl
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 waiterdet
5robotrobotNOUNNumber=Sing6 waitercompound
6waiterwaiterNOUNNumber=Sing7 cooksnsubj
7cookscookVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8,,PUNCT_9 servespunct
9servesserveNOUNNumber=Plur7 cooksobj
10,,PUNCT_11 chatspunct
11chatschatNOUNNumber=Plur9 servesconj
12andandCCONJ_13 comfortscc
13comfortscomfortVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 cooksconj
14aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art16 childdet
15cryingcryVERBVerbForm=Ger16 childamod
16childchildNOUNNumber=Sing13 comfortsobj
17..PUNCT_7 cookspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cookpresenta robot waiterserves and chatsin a cartoonvn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent serve=Patient in cartoon=Instrument
2comfortpresenta robot waiter not said herea crying childvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer
3cry speech: expressgerundvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

Sentence 2: What is closer to real life now?

nsubjcopcaseamodobladvmodpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXcloserADJtoADPrealADJlifeNOUNnowADV?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 closernsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 closercop
3closercloseADJDegree=Cmprootroot
4totoADP_6 lifecase
5realrealADJDegree=Pos6 lifeamod
6lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing3 closerobl
7nownowADVPronType=Dem3 closeradvmod
8??PUNCT_3 closerpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentnowto real life; close propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Real robot waiters already do all of that in most restaurants today

amodcompoundnsubjadvmodobjcasenmodcaseamodoblobl:unmarkedrootRealADJrobotNOUNwaitersNOUNalreadyADVdoVERBallDETofADPthatPRONinADPmostADJrestaurantsNOUNtodayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RealrealADJDegree=Pos3 waitersamod
2robotrobotNOUNNumber=Sing3 waiterscompound
3waiterswaiterNOUNNumber=Plur5 donsubj
4alreadyalreadyADV_5 doadvmod
5dodoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6allallDETPronType=Tot5 doobj
7ofofADP_8 thatcase
8thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem6 allnmod
9ininADP_11 restaurantscase
10mostmostADJDegree=Sup11 restaurantsamod
11restaurantsrestaurantNOUNNumber=Plur5 doobl
12todaytodayNOUNNumber=Sing5 doobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dopresentReal robot waitersallmost restaurantstodayvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality

Option 2

Real restaurants are run entirely by robots

amodnsubjaux:passadvmodcaseobl:agentrootRealADJrestaurantsNOUNareAUXrunVERBentirelyADVbyADProbotsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RealrealADJDegree=Pos2 restaurantsamod
2restaurantsrestaurantNOUNNumber=Plur4 runnsubj
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 runaux:pass
4runrunVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5entirelyentirelyADV_4 runadvmod
6bybyADP_7 robotscase
7robotsrobotNOUNNumber=Plur4 runobl:agent
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1runpresent · passiverobotsReal restaurantsentirely propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Real restaurant robots mostly carry plates, guided by sensors

amodcompoundnsubjadvmodobjpunctaclcaseobl:agentrootRealADJrestaurantNOUNrobotsNOUNmostlyADVcarryVERBplatesNOUN,PUNCTguidedVERBbyADPsensorsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RealrealADJDegree=Pos3 robotsamod
2restaurantrestaurantNOUNNumber=Sing3 robotscompound
3robotsrobotNOUNNumber=Plur5 carrynsubj
4mostlymostlyADV_5 carryadvmod
5carrycarryVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6platesplateNOUNNumber=Plur5 carryobj
7,,PUNCT_8 guidedpunct
8guidedguideVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 platesacl
9bybyADP_10 sensorscase
10sensorssensorNOUNNumber=Plur8 guidedobl:agent
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1carrypresentReal restaurant robotsplatesmostly propertyvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Theme
2guideparticipleplates not said herevn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Real robots cook but never carry plates

amodnsubjccadvmodconjobjrootRealADJrobotsNOUNcookVERBbutCCONJneverADVcarryVERBplatesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RealrealADJDegree=Pos2 robotsamod
2robotsrobotNOUNNumber=Plur3 cooknsubj
3cookcookVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4butbutCCONJ_6 carrycc
5neverneverADVPronType=Neg6 carryadvmod
6carrycarryVERBVerbForm=Inf3 cookconj
7platesplateNOUNNumber=Plur6 carryobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cookpresentReal robotsvn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2not carryinfinitiveReal robots not said hereplatesvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Theme

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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