Test 9 · What is AI? Pattern-guessers, not people
Maddie asks, "Did that picnic really happen to you?" What would an honest bot say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Maddie, honest bot · What happens: ask, happen, say · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 1 «What is AI? Pattern-guessers, not people» of the AI 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Maddie asks, "Did that picnic really happen to you?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 happen | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 happen | punct |
| 5 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 happen | aux |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 picnic | det |
| 7 | picnic | picnic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Did | obj |
| 8 | really | really | ADV | _ | 9 happen | advmod |
| 9 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 asks | ccomp |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 you | case |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 happen | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 happen | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Maddie | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | happen in a quote | past · do-support | you | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP 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 would an honest bot say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 say | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 say | aux |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bot | det |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bot | amod |
| 5 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 say | nsubj |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | would | a honest bot | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, but it rained in the afternoon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 rained | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 rained | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 rained | cc |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 rained | nsubj |
| 5 | rained | rain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 afternoon | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 afternoon | det |
| 8 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rained | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rain | past | it | afternoon | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
Option 2
I can't remember, it was a long time ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 remember | nsubj |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 remember | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 remember | advmod |
| 4 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 remember | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 time | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 time | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 time | det |
| 9 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 time | amod |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 remember | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 10 time | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not remember | can | I | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a long time | ago property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, it was last Saturday in the park
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 Saturday | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 Saturday | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 Saturday | cop |
| 5 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Saturday | amod |
| 6 | Saturday | Saturday | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 park | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 park | det |
| 9 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Saturday | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | last Saturday | the park | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, I don't have a life; I made up a story
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 have | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 have | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 have | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 have | advmod |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 made | parataxis |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 life | det |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 have | obj |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 made | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 made | nsubj |
| 11 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 made | compound:prt |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 story | det |
| 14 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 made | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | present · do-support | I | a life | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient | ||||
| 2 | make up | past | I | a story | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Pivot |
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