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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the essential operation of a robot? Exam question 1 of lesson 39 «Robots at work and at home» 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 w
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# Exam question 1 · Robots at work and at home

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the essential operation of a robot?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, operate · **To what, where:** essential operation, robot

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 39 «Robots at work and at home» of the technology 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/technology/39-robots-at-work-and-at-home/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:39-robots-at-work-and-at-home:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the essential operation of a robot?
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	11	det	_	_
10	essential	essential	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	operation	operation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 essential operation of a robot |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **operate** |  |  | a robot |  |  |  |  | nom operation «state 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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It requires no information concerning its surroundings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:39-robots-at-work-and-at-home:e1:o1:1
# text = It requires no information concerning its surroundings
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	surroundings	surroundings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | It | no information |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme information=Precondition |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | no information *not said here* | information's surroundings |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus surroundings=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It senses its surroundings, decides by means of its program and performs a movement

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:39-robots-at-work-and-at-home:e1:o2:1
# text = It senses its surroundings, decides by means of its program and performs a movement
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	senses	sense	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	surroundings	surroundings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	program	program	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	performs	perform	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sense** | present | It | its surroundings |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer surroundings=Stimulus |
| 2 | **decide** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of its program | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **perform** | present |  | a movement |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent movement=Theme |
| 5 | **program** |  | its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom program «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It operates exclusively at random

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:39-robots-at-work-and-at-home:e1:o3:1
# text = It operates exclusively at random
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	operates	operate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	random	random	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **operate** | present | It |  |  | random |  | exclusively *property* | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It eats, rests and converses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:39-robots-at-work-and-at-home:e1:o4:1
# text = It eats, rests and converses
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	rests	rest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	converses	converse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **rest** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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