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title: «autopilot does it all, pilots just nap lol» What is right? — Why planes fly · tree and pragmatics
description: «autopilot does it all, pilots just nap lol» What is right? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 22 «Why planes fly» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Why planes fly

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«autopilot does it all, pilots just nap lol» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** autopilot, pilots · **What happens:** do, nap, be · **To what, where:** it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 22 «Why planes fly» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/technology/22-why-planes-fly/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:22-why-planes-fly:t8:1
# text = «autopilot does it all, pilots just nap lol» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	autopilot	autopilot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	pilots	pilot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	nap	nap	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | present | autopilot | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **nap** *in a quote* | present | pilots |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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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No, pilots watch the computers and take over when needed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:22-why-planes-fly:t8:o1:1
# text = No, pilots watch the computers and take over when needed
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pilots	pilot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	watch	watch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
11	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | present | pilots | the computers |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent computer=Theme |
| 2 | **take over** | infinitive | pilots *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **need** | participle | pilots *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, pilots sleep on every flight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:22-why-planes-fly:t8:o2:1
# text = Yes, pilots sleep on every flight
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pilots	pilot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present | pilots |  |  | every flight |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, autopilot is only switched on at the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:22-why-planes-fly:t8:o3:1
# text = No, autopilot is only switched on at the gate
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	autopilot	autopilot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	switched	switch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch on** | present · passive |  | autopilot |  | the gate |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, the autopilot even talks to the passengers and brings the drinks round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:22-why-planes-fly:t8:o4:1
# text = Yes, the autopilot even talks to the passengers and brings the drinks round
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	autopilot	autopilot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	passengers	passenger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	round	round	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | the autopilot |  |  |  |  | to the passengers | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to passenger=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **bring** | present | the autopilot *not said here* | the drinks |  |  |  | round *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent drink=Theme |

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