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# Exam question 1 · Cars, doctors, scientists and translators

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the use of automated translation for important correspondence?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, use · **To what, where:** use, automated translation

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 18 «Cars, doctors, scientists and translators» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/ai/18-cars-doctors-translators/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:18-cars-doctors-translators:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the use of automated translation for important correspondence?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	automated	automated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	translation	translation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the use of automated translation for important correspondence |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** |  |  | automated translation for important correspondence |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Such translation is invariably accurate and accordingly requires no verification by any person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:18-cars-doctors-translators:e1:o1:1
# text = Such translation is invariably accurate and accordingly requires no verification by any person
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	translation	translation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	accordingly	accordingly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	verification	verification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Such translation |  |  |  |  | accurate, invariably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **require** | present | Such translation *not said here* | no verification |  |  |  | by any person; accordingly *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme verification=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such translation is prohibited for all official purposes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:18-cars-doctors-translators:e1:o2:1
# text = Such translation is prohibited for all official purposes
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	translation	translation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	purposes	purpose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | Such translation |  |  |  | for all official purposes | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Such translation is permissible only for correspondence of trivial length

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:18-cars-doctors-translators:e1:o3:1
# text = Such translation is permissible only for correspondence of trivial length
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	translation	translation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	permissible	permissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	trivial	trivial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Such translation |  |  |  |  | for correspondence of trivial length; permissible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **correspond** |  | trivial length |  |  |  |  |  | nom correspondence «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Such translation is of assistance but ought to be verified by a person proficient in both languages

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:18-cars-doctors-translators:e1:o4:1
# text = Such translation is of assistance but ought to be verified by a person proficient in both languages
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	translation	translation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	verified	verify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	proficient	proficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Such translation |  |  |  |  | of assistance | tree rules |
| 2 | **verify** | ought · passive | a person |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **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 text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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