Exam question 2 · Self-driving cars and machines that run themselves
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the responsibility of a driver of a vehicle equipped with driver assistance.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, equip · To what, where: response, responsibility, vehicle
This is exam question 2 of lesson 40 «Self-driving cars and machines that run themselves» 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 responsibility | det |
| 11 | responsibility | responsibility | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 driver | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 driver | det |
| 14 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 responsibility | nmod |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 vehicle | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 vehicle | det |
| 17 | vehicle | vehicle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 driver | nmod |
| 18 | equipped | equip | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 vehicle | acl |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 assistance | case |
| 20 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 assistance | compound |
| 21 | assistance | assistance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 equipped | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 responsibility of a driver of a vehicle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus responsibility=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | equip | participle | a vehicle not said here | with driver assistance | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent with assistance=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
The driver may occupy a rear seat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 driver | det |
| 2 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 occupy | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 occupy | aux |
| 4 | occupy | occupy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 seat | det |
| 6 | rear | rear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 seat | amod |
| 7 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 occupy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | occupy | may | the driver | a rear seat | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus seat=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The driver shall continue to pay attention to the road at all times
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 driver | det |
| 2 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 continue | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 continue | aux |
| 4 | continue | continue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 pay | mark |
| 6 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 continue | xcomp |
| 7 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pay | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 road | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 road | det |
| 10 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pay | obl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 times | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 times | det |
| 13 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continue | shall | the driver | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | pay | to-infinitive | the driver not said here | attention | time | to the road | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset |
Option 3
The driver may operate a telephone without restriction whilst the vehicle is in motion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 driver | det |
| 2 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 operate | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 operate | aux |
| 4 | operate | operate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 telephone | det |
| 6 | telephone | telephone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 operate | obj |
| 7 | without | without | ADP | _ | 8 restriction | case |
| 8 | restriction | restriction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 operate | obl |
| 9 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 14 motion | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 vehicle | det |
| 11 | vehicle | vehicle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 motion | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 motion | cop |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 motion | case |
| 14 | motion | motion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 operate | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | operate | may | the driver | a telephone | without restriction | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Theme telephone=Attribute | |||
| 2 | is | present | the vehicle | motion | tree rules |
Option 4
The driver may sleep until the vehicle comes to rest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 driver | det |
| 2 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sleep | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 sleep | aux |
| 4 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 comes | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 vehicle | det |
| 7 | vehicle | vehicle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 comes | nsubj |
| 8 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sleep | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 rest | mark |
| 10 | rest | rest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 comes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | may | the driver | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | come | present | the vehicle | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | rest | to-infinitive | the vehicle not said here | 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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