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title: Why is it a good idea that a smart home's accounts are kept secure? — Self-driving cars and machines that ru… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is it a good idea that a smart home's accounts are kept secure? Test 12 · ★★ 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; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Self-driving cars and machines that run themselves

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Why is it a good idea that a smart home's accounts are kept secure?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** good idea, smart home · **What happens:** be, keep, account · **To what, where:** good idea, accounts

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This is test 12 · ★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:t12:1
# text = Why is it a good idea that a smart home's accounts are kept secure?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	expl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
15	secure	secure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a good idea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present · passive | a good idea *not said here* | a smart home's accounts |  |  |  | secure *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **account** |  | a smart home |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Otherwise a stranger could control its lights, heating or locks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:t12:o1:1
# text = Otherwise a stranger could control its lights, heating or locks
1	Otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	control	control	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	heating	heating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	locks	lock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **control** | could | a stranger | stranger's lights and heating or locks |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme |
| 2 | **light** |  | stranger |  |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The house will forget you otherwise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:t12:o2:1
# text = The house will forget you otherwise
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | future | the house | you |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Secure accounts make the heating warmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:t12:o3:1
# text = Secure accounts make the heating warmer
1	Secure	secure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	heating	heating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Secure accounts | the heating |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset heating=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Smart homes break if you use them too much and the heating stops for good

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves:t12:o4:1
# text = Smart homes break if you use them too much and the heating stops for good
1	Smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	homes	home	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	break	break	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	heating	heating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present | Smart homes |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **use** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | homes *= home* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 3 | **stop** | present | the heating |  |  |  |  | for good | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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