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description: «can i ride the delivery robot down the street, it's like a little car» What is the right rule? Test 2 · ★ 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 was right.
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# Test 2 · ★ · Robots at work and at home

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«can i ride the delivery robot down the street, it's like a little car» What is the right rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i, robot, little car · **What happens:** ride, be · **To what, where:** delivery robot, street, right rule

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 39 «Robots at work and at home» 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/39-robots-at-work-and-at-home/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:39-robots-at-work-and-at-home:t2:1
# text = «can i ride the delivery robot down the street, it's like a little car» What is the right rule?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	delivery	delivery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** *in a quote* | can | i | the delivery robot |  | the street |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent robot=Theme down street=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | robot |  |  |  |  | like a little car | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | a little car | the right rule |  |  |  |  | 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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Give it space and never climb on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:39-robots-at-work-and-at-home:t2:o1:1
# text = Give it space and never climb on it
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | space | it |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient space=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **climb** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | space |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ride it only if it is empty and going your way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:39-robots-at-work-and-at-home:t2:o2:1
# text = Ride it only if it is empty and going your way
1	Ride	ride	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | gerund |  | your way |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ride it if the shop that sent it says yes first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:39-robots-at-work-and-at-home:t2:o3:1
# text = Ride it if the shop that sent it says yes first
1	Ride	ride	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
10	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	1	discourse	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | first *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location |
| 2 | **send** | past | the shop | shop |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the shop |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ride it only on the pavement, never on the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:39-robots-at-work-and-at-home:t2:o4:1
# text = Ride it only on the pavement, never on the road
1	Ride	ride	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pavement	pavement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the pavement |  | on the road | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location |

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