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title: Identify the meaning of the South African English word "robot" in th… — Accents and dialects around the world · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the meaning of the South African English word "robot" in the instruction "Turn left at the robot". Exam question 2 of lesson 19 «Accents and dialects around the world» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 2 · Accents and dialects around the world

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Identify the meaning of the South African English word "robot" in the instruction "Turn left at the robot".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, turn, mean · **To what, where:** meaning, instruction, robot, South African English word · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 19 «Accents and dialects around the world» of the language 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/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:e2:1
# text = Identify the meaning of the South African English word "robot" in the instruction "Turn left at the robot".
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
7	African	African	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
18	left	left	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning of the South African English word |  | the instruction |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **turn** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  | the robot |  | left *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at robot=Trajectory |
| 3 | **mean** |  |  | the South African English word |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A traffic signal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:e2:o1:1
# text = A traffic signal
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A police constable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:e2:o2:1
# text = A police constable
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	police	police	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	constable	constable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A toy shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:e2:o3:1
# text = A toy shop
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A mechanical servant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:e2:o4:1
# text = A mechanical servant
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	mechanical	mechanical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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