Test 3 · ★ · Robots at work and at home
In a movie, a surgical robot decides on its own to do an operation at night. What is true about real ones?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: surgical robot · What happens: decide, do, be · To what, where: movie, operation
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 39 «Robots at work and at home» 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
Sentence 1: In a movie, a surgical robot decides on its own to do an operation at night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 movie | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 movie | det |
| 3 | movie | movie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 decides | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 movie | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 robot | det |
| 6 | surgical | surgical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 robot | amod |
| 7 | robot | robot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 decides | nsubj |
| 8 | decides | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 own | case |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 own | nmod:poss |
| 11 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 decides | obl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 do | mark |
| 13 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 decides | advcl |
| 14 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 operation | det |
| 15 | operation | operation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 do | obj |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 night | case |
| 17 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 do | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 decides | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | present | a surgical robot | a movie | on robot's own | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on own=Topic | |||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | a surgical robot not said here | a operation | night | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent operation=Eventuality |
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.
Sentence 2: What is true about real ones?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 ones | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ones | amod |
| 6 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | about real ones; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Robots choose which patient to help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robots | robot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 choose | nsubj |
| 2 | choose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 4 patient | det |
| 4 | patient | patient | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 choose | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 help | mark |
| 6 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 patient | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | present | Robots | which patient | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patient=Theme | ||||
| 2 | help | to-infinitive | Robots not said here | which patient not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Surgeons only watch from home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surgeons | surgeon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 watch | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 watch | advmod |
| 3 | watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 home | case |
| 5 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 watch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | present | Surgeons | home | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The surgeon controls the arms; the robot does not decide
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 | 5 arms | det |
| 5 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 controls | obj |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 controls | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 robot | det |
| 8 | robot | robot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 decide | nsubj |
| 9 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 decide | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 decide | advmod |
| 11 | decide | decide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 controls | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | control | present | the surgeon | the arms | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not decide | present · do-support | the robot | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Surgical robots work alone at night, when the hospital is quiet and the doctors sleep
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surgical | surgical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 robots | amod |
| 2 | robots | robot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 work | nsubj |
| 3 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 3 work | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 night | case |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 work | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 quiet | punct |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 quiet | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 hospital | det |
| 10 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 quiet | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 quiet | cop |
| 12 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 work | parataxis |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 sleep | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 doctors | det |
| 15 | doctors | doctor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 sleep | nsubj |
| 16 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 work | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Surgical robots | night | alone property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | is | present | the hospital | quiet property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | sleep | present | the doctors | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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