Test 8 · ★ · Why planes fly

«autopilot does it all, pilots just nap lol» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: autopilot, pilots · What happens: do, nap, be · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 22 «Why planes fly» of the technology 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct
2	autopilot	autopilot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 does	obj
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 it	det
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 nap	punct
7	pilots	pilot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 nap	nsubj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 nap	advmod
9	nap	nap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	parataxis
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	9 nap	discourse
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 nap	punct
12	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 right	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 right	cop
14	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 nap	parataxis
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	present	autopilot	it		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	nap in a quote	present	pilots			tree rules
3	is	present			right 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 · ✓ the right answer

No, pilots watch the computers and take over when needed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 watch	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	pilots	pilot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 watch	nsubj
4	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 computers	det
6	computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 watch	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 take	cc
8	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 watch	conj
9	over	over	ADP	_	8 take	compound:prt
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 needed	advmod
11	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 take	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	watch	present	pilots	the computers	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent computer=Theme
2	take over	infinitive	pilots not said here		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	need	participle	pilots not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

Yes, pilots sleep on every flight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 sleep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	pilots	pilot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sleep	nsubj
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 flight	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 flight	det
7	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	pilots			every flight			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

No, autopilot is only switched on at the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 switched	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	autopilot	autopilot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 switched	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 switched	aux:pass
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 switched	advmod
6	switched	switch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	6 switched	compound:prt
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 gate	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gate	det
10	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 switched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch on	present · passive		autopilot		the gate			vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Yes, the autopilot even talks to the passengers and brings the drinks round

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 talks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 autopilot	det
4	autopilot	autopilot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talks	nsubj
5	even	even	ADV	_	6 talks	advmod
6	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 passengers	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 passengers	det
9	passengers	passenger	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 talks	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 brings	cc
11	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 talks	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 drinks	det
13	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 brings	obj
14	round	round	ADV	_	11 brings	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	present	the autopilot					to the passengers	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to passenger=Co-Agent
2	bring	present	the autopilot not said here	the drinks				round property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent drink=Theme

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