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title: automated — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «automated» in the school dictionary: Done by machines or computers instead of people. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# automated

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**Who acts:** car factory, phone call, We, Watering, robot, Automated doors · **What happens:** do, be, use, water, open, walk up · **To what, where:** automated message, automated checkout, supermarket, greenhouse, automated tasks, doors

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«automated» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [automated in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/automated.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Done by machines or computers instead of people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:automated:m1:1
# text = Done by machines or computers instead of people.
1	Done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by machines or computers | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The car factory is fully automated.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:automated:x1:1
# text = The car factory is fully automated.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	automated	automated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the car factory |  |  |  |  | automated, fully *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The phone call was an automated message.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:automated:x2:1
# text = The phone call was an automated message.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	automated	automated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the phone call | a automated message |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We used the automated checkout at the supermarket.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:automated:x3:1
# text = We used the automated checkout at the supermarket.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	automated	automated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	checkout	checkout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	supermarket	supermarket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | We | the automated checkout |  | the supermarket |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent checkout=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Watering the greenhouse is now automated.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:automated:x4:1
# text = Watering the greenhouse is now automated.
1	Watering	water	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	greenhouse	greenhouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	automated	automated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **water** | gerund |  | the greenhouse |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent greenhouse=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | present | Watering |  |  |  | now | automated *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The robot does automated tasks all day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:automated:x5:1
# text = The robot does automated tasks all day.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	automated	automated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tasks	task	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the robot | automated tasks |  |  | day |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Automated doors open when you walk up to them.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:automated:x6:1
# text = Automated doors open when you walk up to them.
1	Automated	automated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	open	open	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | present | Automated doors |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **walk up** | present | you |  | doors *= door* |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to they=Result |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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