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title: «the car drives itself so i can just walk out in front, it'll stop»… — Self-driving cars and machines that ru… · tree and pragmatics
description: «the car drives itself so i can just walk out in front, it'll stop» What is the right rule? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Self-driving cars and machines that run themselves» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Self-driving cars and machines that run themselves

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«the car drives itself so i can just walk out in front, it'll stop» What is the right rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** car, i · **What happens:** drive, walk out, stop, be · **To what, where:** car, front, right rule · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Self-driving cars and machines that run themselves» 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/40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:t1:1
# text = «the car drives itself so i can just walk out in front, it'll stop» What is the right rule?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drives	drive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
5	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	out	out	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	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	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** *in a quote* | present | the car | car |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme itself=Trajectory |
| 2 | **walk out** *in a quote* | can | i |  |  | front |  | out *property* | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stop** *in a quote* | future | car |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | 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 {#o1}

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Walk out only in front of robotaxis

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:t1:o1:1
# text = Walk out only in front of robotaxis
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	robotaxis	robotaxi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | front of robotaxis |  | out *property* | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Walk out if you wave at the car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:t1:o2:1
# text = Walk out if you wave at the car
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wave	wave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wave** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  | the car |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at car=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Self-driving cars always stop, so walk out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:t1:o3:1
# text = Self-driving cars always stop, so walk out
1	Self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stop** | present | driving cars |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **walk out** | infinitive | driving cars *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Always cross safely: stop, look and listen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:t1:o4:1
# text = Always cross safely: stop, look and listen
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	cross	cross	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	listen	listen	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | always, safely *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **look** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **listen** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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