Test 5 · ★★ · Self-driving cars and machines that run themselves
In a cartoon, a cash machine gives money to anyone who smiles at it. What does a real one need?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cash machine · What happens: give, smile, do · To what, where: money, anyone, cartoon, machine, real one need
This is test 5 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: In a cartoon, a cash machine gives money to anyone who smiles at it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gives | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 machine | det |
| 6 | cash | cash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 machine | compound |
| 7 | machine | machine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gives | nsubj |
| 8 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gives | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 anyone | case |
| 11 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 gives | obl |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 smiles | nsubj |
| 13 | smiles | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 anyone | acl:relcl |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 it | case |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 smiles | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 gives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | a cash machine | money | anyone | a cartoon | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to anyone=Recipient | ||
| 2 | smile | present | machine | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What does a real one need?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 does | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 need | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 need | amod |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 need | compound |
| 6 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | a real one need | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
A coin to start it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 coin | det |
| 2 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 start | mark |
| 4 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 coin | acl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 start | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | to-infinitive | coin | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 2
A big smile and a wave
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 smile | det |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 smile | amod |
| 3 | smile | smile | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 wave | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 wave | det |
| 6 | wave | wave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 smile | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A card with a chip and the right PIN, checked with the bank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 card | det |
| 2 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 chip | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 chip | det |
| 5 | chip | chip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 card | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 PIN | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 PIN | det |
| 8 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 PIN | amod |
| 9 | PIN | pin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chip | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 checked | punct |
| 11 | checked | check | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 card | conj |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 bank | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bank | det |
| 14 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 checked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | participle | with the bank | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Only a password said out loud into the little microphone next to the screen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 said | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 password | det |
| 3 | password | password | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 6 loud | advmod |
| 6 | loud | loud | ADV | _ | 4 said | advmod |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 microphone | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 microphone | det |
| 9 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 microphone | amod |
| 10 | microphone | microphone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | obl |
| 11 | next | next | ADV | _ | 4 said | advmod |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 screen | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 screen | det |
| 14 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 next | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | a password | the little microphone | loud, next property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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