Exam question 3 · Robots at work and at home

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the conduct of robotic surgery.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, conduct · To what, where: response, conduct, robotic surgery

This is exam question 3 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	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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 conduct	det
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 surgery	case
13	robotic	robotic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 surgery	amod
14	surgery	surgery	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conduct	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the conduct of robotic surgery		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer
4	conduct			robotic surgery		nom conduct «act 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

The patient directs the robot by remote control

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 patient	det
2	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 directs	nsubj
3	directs	direct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 robot	det
5	robot	robot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 directs	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 control	case
7	remote	remote	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 control	amod
8	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 directs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	direct	present	the patient	the robot				by remote control	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent robot=Theme by control=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The surgeon controls the robotic arms from a console and remains in charge throughout

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 surgeon	det
2	surgeon	surgeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 controls	nsubj
3	controls	control	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 arms	det
5	robotic	robotic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 arms	compound
6	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 controls	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 console	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 console	det
9	console	console	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 controls	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 remains	cc
11	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 controls	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 charge	case
13	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 remains	obl
14	throughout	throughout	PUNCT	_	3 controls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	control	present	the surgeon	the robotic arms		a console			vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme
2	remain	present	the surgeon not said here			charge			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in charge=Location

Option 3

The operation is conducted only at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 operation	det
2	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conducted	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 conducted	aux:pass
4	conducted	conduct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 night	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 night	case
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conducted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	present · passive		the operation			night		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The robot selects and performs the operation without supervision

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 robot	det
2	robot	robot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 selects	nsubj
3	selects	select	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 performs	cc
5	performs	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 selects	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 operation	det
7	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 performs	obj
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 supervision	case
9	supervision	supervision	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 performs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	present	the robot						vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	perform	present	the robot not said here	the operation				without supervision	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent operation=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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