Exam question 3 · Self-driving cars and machines that run themselves

Identify the principal cause of the notice concerning an unexpected item in the bagging area of a self-checkout.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, notice · What happens: identify, concern, cause · To what, where: principal cause, unexpected item, bagging area, notice

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cause	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cause	amod
4	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 notice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 notice	det
7	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	nmod
8	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 notice	acl
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 item	det
10	unexpected	unexpected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 item	amod
11	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concerning	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 area	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 area	det
14	bagging	bagging	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 area	compound
15	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 item	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	20 checkout	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 checkout	det
18	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 checkout	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 self	punct
20	checkout	checkout	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 area	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal cause of the notice		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cause=Theme
2	concern	gerund	the notice not said here	a unexpected item	the bagging area of a self checkout	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus item=Experiencer
3	cause			the notice		nom cause «event 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

The machine seeks conversation with the customer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 machine	det
2	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seeks	nsubj
3	seeks	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seeks	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 customer	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 customer	det
7	customer	customer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seeks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	present	the machine	conversation				with the customer	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conversation=Theme

Option 2

The camera has detected the facial expression of the customer and found it displeasing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 camera	det
2	camera	camera	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 detected	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 detected	aux
4	detected	detect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 expression	det
6	facial	facial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 expression	amod
7	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 detected	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 customer	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 customer	det
10	customer	customer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 expression	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 found	cc
12	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 detected	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 found	obj
14	displeasing	displease	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 found	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	detect	present · perfect · passive		the camera	tree rules
2	find	past		expression	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme
3	displease	gerund	expression not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The weight detected by the scale does not correspond to the items scanned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weight	det
2	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 correspond	nsubj
3	detected	detect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 weight	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 scale	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 scale	det
6	scale	scale	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 detected	obl
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 correspond	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 correspond	advmod
9	correspond	correspond	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 items	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 items	det
12	items	item	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 correspond	obl
13	scanned	scan	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 correspond	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	detect	participle		the weight not said here	by the scale	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	not correspond	present · do-support	the weight		to the items	tree rules
3	scan	participle	the weight not said here			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The barcode is of an incorrect colour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 barcode	det
2	barcode	barcode	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 colour	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 colour	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 colour	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 colour	det
6	incorrect	incorrect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 colour	amod
7	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the barcode					of a incorrect colour	tree rules

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