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title: In a cartoon a robot waiter cooks, serves, chats and comforts a cryi… — Cars, doctors, scientists and translat… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a robot waiter cooks, serves, chats and comforts a crying child. What is closer to real life now? Test 4 of lesson 18 «Cars, doctors, scientists and translators» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 4 · Cars, doctors, scientists and translators

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In a cartoon a robot waiter cooks, serves, chats and comforts a crying child. What is closer to real life now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** robot waiter · **What happens:** cook, comfort, cry, be · **To what, where:** serves, crying child

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This is test 4 of lesson 18 «Cars, doctors, scientists and translators» of the AI 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/ai/18-cars-doctors-translators/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a robot waiter cooks, serves, chats and comforts a crying child.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:18-cars-doctors-translators:t4:1
# text = In a cartoon a robot waiter cooks, serves, chats and comforts a crying child.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	waiter	waiter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cooks	cook	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	serves	serve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	chats	chat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	comforts	comfort	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	amod	_	_
16	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | present | a robot waiter | serves and chats |  |  |  | in a cartoon | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent serve=Patient in cartoon=Instrument |
| 2 | **comfort** | present | a robot waiter *not said here* | a crying child |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is closer to real life now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:18-cars-doctors-translators:t4:2
# text = What is closer to real life now?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  | now | to real life; close *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Real robot waiters already do all of that in most restaurants today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:18-cars-doctors-translators:t4:o1:1
# text = Real robot waiters already do all of that in most restaurants today
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	waiters	waiter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	already	already	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	restaurants	restaurant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Real robot waiters | all |  | most restaurants | today |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Real restaurants are run entirely by robots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:18-cars-doctors-translators:t4:o2:1
# text = Real restaurants are run entirely by robots
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	restaurants	restaurant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present · passive | robots | Real restaurants |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Real restaurant robots mostly carry plates, guided by sensors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:18-cars-doctors-translators:t4:o3:1
# text = Real restaurant robots mostly carry plates, guided by sensors
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	restaurant	restaurant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	guided	guide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sensors	sensor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | Real restaurant robots | plates |  |  |  | mostly *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Theme |
| 2 | **guide** | participle |  | plates *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Real robots cook but never carry plates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:18-cars-doctors-translators:t4:o4:1
# text = Real robots cook but never carry plates
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cook	cook	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | present | Real robots |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **carry** | infinitive | Real robots *not said here* | plates |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Theme |

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