Test 12 · ★★ · Self-driving cars and machines that run themselves

Why is it a good idea that a smart home's accounts are kept secure?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: good idea, smart home · What happens: be, keep, account · To what, where: good idea, accounts

This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Self-driving cars and machines that run themselves» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 idea	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 idea	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 idea	expl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 idea	det
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 idea	amod
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 kept	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 home	det
9	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 home	amod
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 accounts	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 home	case
12	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 kept	nsubj:pass
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 kept	aux:pass
14	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 idea	acl
15	secure	secure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 kept	xcomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a good idea		tree rules
2	keep	present · passive	a good idea not said here	a smart home's accounts	secure property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	account		a smart home			nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

Otherwise a stranger could control its lights, heating or locks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	5 control	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stranger	det
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 control	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 control	aux
5	control	control	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 lights	nmod:poss
7	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 control	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 heating	punct
9	heating	heating	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lights	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 locks	cc
11	locks	lock	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lights	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	control	could	a stranger	stranger's lights and heating or locks				otherwise property	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme
2	light		stranger						nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The house will forget you otherwise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 house	det
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forget	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 forget	aux
4	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 forget	obj
6	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	4 forget	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	future	the house	you				otherwise property	tree rules

Option 3

Secure accounts make the heating warmer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Secure	secure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 accounts	amod
2	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 heating	det
5	heating	heating	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Secure accounts	the heating				warm property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset heating=Product

Option 4

Smart homes break if you use them too much and the heating stops for good

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 homes	amod
2	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 break	nsubj
3	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 use	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 use	nsubj
6	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 break	advcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 use	obj
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 much	advmod
9	much	much	ADV	_	6 use	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 stops	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 heating	det
12	heating	heating	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stops	nsubj
13	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 break	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 good	case
15	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 stops	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	break	present	Smart homes			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	use a condition, not said to happen	present	you	homes = home		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	stop	present	the heating		for good	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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