Exam question 2 · Robots at work and at home
Identify the principal reason for which a rover upon Mars cannot be steered in real time from the Earth.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, not steer · To what, where: principal reason, rover
This is exam question 2 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 reason | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reason | amod |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 steered | obl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 rover | det |
| 8 | rover | rover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 steered | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 10 Mars | case |
| 10 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 rover | nmod |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 steered | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 steered | advmod |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 steered | aux:pass |
| 14 | steered | steer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 reason | acl:relcl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 time | case |
| 16 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 time | amod |
| 17 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 steered | obl |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 Earth | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Earth | det |
| 20 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 time | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal reason | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not steer | can · passive | a rover upon Mars | time | for the principal reason | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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
Radio signals require several minutes to travel between the two planets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radio | Radio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 signals | compound |
| 2 | signals | signal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 require | nsubj |
| 3 | require | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 minutes | amod |
| 5 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 require | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 travel | mark |
| 7 | travel | travel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 require | advcl |
| 8 | between | between | ADP | _ | 11 planets | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 planets | det |
| 10 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 planets | nummod |
| 11 | planets | planet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 travel | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present | Radio signals | minute | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | travel | to-infinitive | Radio signals not said here | the two planets | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between planet=Trajectory |
Option 2
The rover is not equipped with wheels
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rover | det |
| 2 | rover | rover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 equipped | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 equipped | aux:pass |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 equipped | advmod |
| 5 | equipped | equip | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 wheels | case |
| 7 | wheels | wheel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 equipped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not equip | present · passive | the rover | with wheels | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with wheel=Theme |
Option 3
The use of controllers is prohibited upon Mars by international agreement between nations
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 use | det |
| 2 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 prohibited | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 controllers | case |
| 4 | controllers | controller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 use | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 prohibited | aux:pass |
| 6 | prohibited | prohibit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 8 Mars | case |
| 8 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 prohibited | obl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 agreement | case |
| 10 | international | international | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 agreement | amod |
| 11 | agreement | agreement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 prohibited | obl |
| 12 | between | between | ADP | _ | 13 nations | case |
| 13 | nations | nation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 agreement | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prohibit | present · passive | international agreement between nations | the use of controllers | upon Mars | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | use | controllers | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
The surface of Mars is insufficiently illuminated
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 surface | det |
| 2 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 illuminated | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Mars | case |
| 4 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 surface | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 illuminated | aux:pass |
| 6 | insufficiently | insufficiently | ADV | _ | 7 illuminated | advmod |
| 7 | illuminated | illuminate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | illuminate | present · passive | the surface of Mars | insufficiently property | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
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