Test 8 · School rules, honesty and wrong accusations
Jake's bot says "rewrite this paragraph like this:" and gives a whole new paragraph. What keeps it honest?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bot · What happens: say, rewrite, give, keep · To what, where: paragraph, whole new paragraph · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 of lesson 11 «School rules, honesty and wrong accusations» 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: Jake's bot says "rewrite this paragraph like this:" and gives a whole new paragraph.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 bot | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Jake | case |
| 3 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 rewrite | punct |
| 6 | rewrite | rewrite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 paragraph | det |
| 8 | paragraph | paragraph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rewrite | obj |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 this | case |
| 10 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 rewrite | obl |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 gives | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 gives | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 gives | cc |
| 14 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | conj |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 paragraph | det |
| 16 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 paragraph | amod |
| 17 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 paragraph | amod |
| 18 | paragraph | paragraph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gives | obj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Jake's bot | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | rewrite in a quote | infinitive | this paragraph | like this | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | give | present | Jake's bot not said here | a whole new paragraph | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paragraph=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 keeps it honest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 keeps | nsubj |
| 2 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 keeps | obj |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 keeps | xcomp |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | paragraph | honest property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Asking the bot to make it longer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bot | det |
| 3 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Asking | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 make | mark |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Asking | advcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | the bot | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bot=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | bot | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Pasting the bot's paragraph in where his used to be
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pasting | paste | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bot | det |
| 3 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 paragraph | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 bot | case |
| 5 | paragraph | paragraph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pasting | obj |
| 6 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 9 used | mark |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 used | advmod |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 used | nmod:poss |
| 9 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Pasting | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 be | mark |
| 11 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 used | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paste | gerund | the bot's paragraph | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paragraph=Patient | |||||
| 2 | use | participle | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | be | to-infinitive | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | paragraph | the bot | nom paragraph «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Taking the idea but writing it in his own words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 idea | det |
| 3 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Taking | obj |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 writing | cc |
| 5 | writing | write | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Taking | conj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 writing | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 words | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 words | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 words | amod |
| 10 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 writing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | gerund | the idea | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Theme | |||||
| 2 | write | gerund | idea | his own words | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in word=Destination | ||||
| 3 | word | his = he | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Deleting his own paragraph
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deleting | delete | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 paragraph | nmod:poss |
| 3 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 paragraph | amod |
| 4 | paragraph | paragraph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Deleting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | delete | gerund | his own paragraph | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paragraph=Theme | |||||
| 2 | paragraph | his = he | nom paragraph «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
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