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# Exam question 4 · Self-driving cars and machines that run themselves

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Ascertain the consequence, in respect of employment, of the assumption by machines of repetitive tasks.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, respect · **To what, where:** consequence, employment

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the consequence, in respect of employment, of the assumption by machines of repetitive tasks.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	employment	employment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	assumption	assumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	repetitive	repetitive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	tasks	task	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the consequence |  |  |  | of the assumption; by machines of repetitive tasks | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | employment |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition 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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All human employment ceases

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:e4:o1:1
# text = All human employment ceases
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
2	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	employment	employment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ceases	cease	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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People continue to design, construct, repair and operate machines, and new occupations arise

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:e4:o2:1
# text = People continue to design, construct, repair and operate machines, and new occupations arise
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	continue	continue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	design	design	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	construct	construct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	repair	repair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	operate	operate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
11	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	occupations	occupation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	arise	arise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | present | People |  |  | design and construct and repair |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to design=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **operate** | infinitive | People *not said here* | machines |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Theme machine=Attribute |
| 3 | **arise** | present | new occupations |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Remuneration is paid exclusively to robots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:e4:o3:1
# text = Remuneration is paid exclusively to robots
1	Remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present · passive |  | Remuneration |  |  |  | to robots; exclusively *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Machines determine the allocation of employment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:e4:o4:1
# text = Machines determine the allocation of employment
1	Machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	determine	determine	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	allocation	allocation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	employment	employment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | present | Machines | the allocation of employment |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent allocation=Topic |
| 2 | **allocate** |  |  | employment |  |  |  |  | nom allocation «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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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