Exam question 3 · The future: hopes

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning robotic pets.

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

This is exam question 3 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	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	robotic	robotic	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pets	compound
13	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
14	.	.	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	robotic pets		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pet=Experiencer

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

They exist but are not living animals requiring care

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 exist	nsubj
2	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 animals	cc
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 animals	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 animals	advmod
6	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 animals	amod
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exist	conj
8	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 animals	acl
9	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 requiring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	exist	present	They		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	live	gerund			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not is a	present	They not said here	living animals	tree rules
4	require	gerund	living animals not said here	care	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme care=Precondition

Option 2

They have not yet been manufactured anywhere

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	6 manufactured	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 manufactured	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 manufactured	advmod
4	yet	yet	ADV	_	6 manufactured	advmod
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 manufactured	aux:pass
6	manufactured	manufacture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 manufactured	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not manufacture	present · perfect · passive		They			yet	anywhere property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 3

They are living animals constructed in laboratories

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 living	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 living	aux
3	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 living	obj
5	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 animals	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 laboratories	case
7	laboratories	laboratory	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 constructed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present · progressive	They	animals					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme animal=Location
2	construct	participle		animals not said here		laboratories			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They require feeding and veterinary attention

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 require	nsubj
2	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	feeding	feeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 require	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 attention	cc
5	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attention	compound
6	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feeding	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	They	feeding and veterinary attention					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme feeding=Precondition

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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