Test 2 · ★★ · Self-driving cars and machines that run themselves

«my dad's car brakes by itself so he can play on his phone» What is the best correction?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: car, he, best correction · What happens: brake, play, be · To what, where: phone

This is test 2 · ★★ 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 brakes	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 dad	nmod:poss
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 car	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 dad	case
5	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brakes	nsubj
6	brakes	brake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 itself	case
8	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 brakes	obl
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 play	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 play	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 play	aux
12	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 brakes	advcl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 phone	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 phone	nmod:poss
15	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 play	obl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 play	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 play	conj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 What	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 correction	det
20	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	21 correction	amod
21	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 What	nsubj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 brakes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	brake in a quote	present	my dad's car		by car	tree rules
2	play in a quote	can	he	his phone		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	the best correction			tree rules

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

He must play only with one hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 play	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 play	aux
3	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	3 play	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 hand	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 hand	nummod
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	must	He					with one hand	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with hand=Theme

Option 2

Only on motorways he can play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 motorways	advmod
2	on	on	ADP	_	3 motorways	case
3	motorways	motorway	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 play	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 play	aux
6	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 motorways	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	can	he	motorways not said here					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent motorway=Theme

Option 3

Right, the car does everything now, so the driver can play or even sleep a bit

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	13 play	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 does	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 car	det
4	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 does	nsubj
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 play	aux
6	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 does	obj
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 does	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 play	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 play	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 driver	det
11	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 play	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 play	aux
13	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 sleep	cc
15	even	even	ADV	_	16 sleep	advmod
16	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 play	conj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 bit	det
18	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sleep	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	can · present · do-support	the driver						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sleep	infinitive	the driver not said here	a bit					vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Driver assistance only helps; the driver must still pay attention

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assistance	compound
2	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 helps	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 helps	advmod
4	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 pay	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 driver	det
7	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pay	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 pay	aux
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 pay	advmod
10	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 helps	conj
11	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Driver assistance						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	pay	must	the driver	attention			still		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset

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