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# Exam question 3 · Self-driving cars and machines that run themselves

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Identify the principal cause of the notice concerning an unexpected item in the bagging area of a self-checkout.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, notice · **What happens:** identify, concern, cause · **To what, where:** principal cause, unexpected item, bagging area, notice

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 40 «Self-driving cars and machines that run themselves» 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/40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:e3:1
# text = Identify the principal cause of the notice concerning an unexpected item in the bagging area of a self-checkout.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	notice	notice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	unexpected	unexpected	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	bagging	bagging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	checkout	checkout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 principal cause of the notice |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent cause=Theme |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the notice *not said here* | a unexpected item |  | the bagging area of a self checkout |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus item=Experiencer |
| 3 | **cause** |  |  | the notice |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event 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 {#o1}

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The machine seeks conversation with the customer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:e3:o1:1
# text = The machine seeks conversation with the customer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	seeks	seek	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	conversation	conversation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	customer	customer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek** | present | the machine | conversation |  |  |  | with the customer | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conversation=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The camera has detected the facial expression of the customer and found it displeasing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:e3:o2:1
# text = The camera has detected the facial expression of the customer and found it displeasing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	camera	camera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	detected	detect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	facial	facial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	customer	customer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	displeasing	displease	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **detect** | present · perfect · passive |  | the camera |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | past |  | expression |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 3 | **displease** | gerund | expression *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The weight detected by the scale does not correspond to the items scanned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:e3:o3:1
# text = The weight detected by the scale does not correspond to the items scanned
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	detected	detect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	correspond	correspond	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	items	item	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	scanned	scan	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **detect** | participle |  | the weight *not said here* |  |  |  | by the scale | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **correspond** | present · do-support | the weight |  |  |  |  | to the items | tree rules |
| 3 | **scan** | participle | the weight *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The barcode is of an incorrect colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:e3:o4:1
# text = The barcode is of an incorrect colour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barcode	barcode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	incorrect	incorrect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the barcode |  |  |  |  | of a incorrect colour | tree rules |

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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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