Exam question 1 · Robots at work and at home

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the essential operation of a robot?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, operate · To what, where: essential operation, robot

This is exam question 1 of lesson 39 «Robots at work and at home» of the technology 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 operation	det
10	essential	essential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 operation	amod
11	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 robot	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 robot	det
14	robot	robot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 operation	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the essential operation of a robot	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	operate		a robot		nom operation «state transitive»: of=patient

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

It requires no information concerning its surroundings

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 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 information	det
4	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
5	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 information	acl
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 surroundings	nmod:poss
7	surroundings	surroundings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	no information					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme information=Precondition
2	concern	gerund	no information not said here	information's surroundings					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus surroundings=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It senses its surroundings, decides by means of its program and performs a movement

The tree, 14 words

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 senses	nsubj
2	senses	sense	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 surroundings	nmod:poss
4	surroundings	surroundings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 senses	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 decides	punct
6	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 senses	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 means	case
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 decides	ccomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 program	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 program	nmod:poss
11	program	program	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 performs	cc
13	performs	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 senses	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 movement	det
15	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 performs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sense	present	It	its surroundings		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer surroundings=Stimulus
2	decide	present				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	mean	present			of its program	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	perform	present		a movement		vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent movement=Theme
5	program		its = it			nom program «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It operates exclusively at random

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 operates	nsubj
2	operates	operate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 operates	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 random	case
5	random	random	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 operates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	operate	present	It			random		exclusively property	vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It eats, rests and converses

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 eats	nsubj
2	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 rests	punct
4	rests	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 eats	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 converses	cc
6	converses	converse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rests	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	It						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	rest	present							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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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