Exam question 1 · The future: hopes

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the present capability of domestic robots?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: present capability

This is exam question 1 of lesson 24 «The future: hopes» 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	11 capability	det
10	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 capability	amod
11	capability	capability	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 robots	case
13	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 robots	amod
14	robots	robot	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 capability	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the present capability of domestic robots				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

They perform all household tasks to a high standard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 perform	nsubj
2	perform	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 tasks	det
4	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tasks	compound
5	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 perform	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 standard	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 standard	det
8	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 standard	amod
9	standard	standard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 perform	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present	They	all household tasks				to a high standard	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Theme

Option 2

They are installed in the majority of households

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 installed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 installed	aux:pass
3	installed	install	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 majority	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 majority	det
6	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 installed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 households	case
8	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 majority	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	install	present · passive		They		the majority of households			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in majority=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They remain comparatively clumsy and expensive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remain	nsubj
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	comparatively	comparatively	ADV	_	4 clumsy	advmod
4	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remain	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 expensive	cc
6	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clumsy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	They					clumsy property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They are prohibited by law from domestic use

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 use	case
7	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 use	amod
8	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	law	They		domestic use			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer subject=Beneficiary from use=Eventuality

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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