Test 3 · ★★ · Self-driving cars and machines that run themselves

«let's play in the shop doors, they're like a game, open shut open shut» What is the rule?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, 's, doors, game · What happens: let, play, be · To what, where: 's, shop doors, open shut rule

This is test 3 · ★★ 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	_	2 let	punct
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 let	obj
4	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 doors	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 doors	det
7	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doors	compound
8	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 play	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 game	punct
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 game	nsubj
11	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 game	cop
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 game	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 game	det
14	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 let	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 rule	punct
16	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 rule	amod
17	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 rule	amod
18	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 shut	amod
19	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 shut	conj
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 shut	punct
21	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 rule	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 rule	cop
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 rule	det
24	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 game	conj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	let in a quote	imperative	you not said here	's			tree rules
2	play in a quote	infinitive	's not said here		the shop doors		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	doors = door			like a game and the open shut rule	tree rules
4	is a	present	a game and the open shut rule	the open shut rule			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

It is fine if you hold the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 hold	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 hold	nsubj
6	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	hold a condition, not said to happen	present	you	the door					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme

Option 2

It is fine if you are fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 fast	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 fast	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fast	cop
7	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you					fast property	tree rules

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

Don't play in automatic doors; they can close on you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 play	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 play	advmod
3	play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 doors	case
5	automatic	automatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 doors	amod
6	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 play	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 close	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 close	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 close	aux
10	close	close	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 play	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 you	case
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not play	imperative · do-support	you not said here			automatic doors			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	close	can	doors = door					on you	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

It is fine if the shop is empty and nobody needs to come in or out

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 empty	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shop	det
6	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 empty	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 empty	cop
8	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fine	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 needs	cc
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 needs	nsubj
11	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 empty	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 come	mark
13	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 needs	xcomp
14	in	in	ADV	_	13 come	advmod
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 out	cc
16	out	out	ADV	_	14 in	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present		fine property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the shop	empty property	tree rules
3	need	present	nobody		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	come not said to happen	to-infinitive	nobody not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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