--- title: A program tells a robot "move forward, turn left, move forward". Wha… — Inventions, computers and the internet · tree and pragmatics description: A program tells a robot "move forward, turn left, move forward". What happens if one step is missing? 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What happens if one step is missing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** program, one step · **What happens:** tell, move forward, turn, happen, be · **To what, where:** robot · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 59 «Inventions, computers and the internet» of the world 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/world/59-inventions-computers-internet/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A program tells a robot "move forward, turn left, move forward". ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t8:1 # text = A program tells a robot "move forward, turn left, move forward". 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 program program NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 robot robot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 move move VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 forward forward ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 11 left left ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 14 forward forward ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | a program | a robot | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent robot=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **move forward** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | forward *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **turn** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | left *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **move forward** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | forward *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What happens if one step is missing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t8:2 # text = What happens if one step is missing? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | one step | | | | | missing *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The robot does only what the program says, so it goes wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t8:o1:1 # text = The robot does only what the program says, so it goes wrong 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 robot robot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 program program NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 13 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the program | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go** | present | program | | | | | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The robot always repeats the first step ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t8:o2:1 # text = The robot always repeats the first step 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 robot robot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 repeats repeat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repeat** | present | the robot | the first step | | | | always *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} The robot guesses the missing step correctly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t8:o3:1 # text = The robot guesses the missing step correctly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 robot robot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 guesses guess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 correctly correctly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | present | the robot | the missing step | | | | correctly *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The robot ignores the whole program ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:59-inventions-computers-internet:t8:o4:1 # text = The robot ignores the whole program 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 robot robot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ignores ignore VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 program program NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | present | the robot | the whole program | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent program=Theme | **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. 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