Test 3 · ★ · Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages
A cartoon scam email is full of spelling mistakes, so the hero spots it. What's out of date?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: scam email, hero · What happens: be, spot · To what, where: email, date
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 13 «Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages» 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: A cartoon scam email is full of spelling mistakes, so the hero spots it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 email | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scam | compound |
| 3 | scam | scam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 email | compound |
| 4 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 full | nsubj | ||
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 full | cop |
| 6 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 mistakes | case |
| 8 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mistakes | compound |
| 9 | mistakes | mistake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 full | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 spots | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 spots | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 hero | det |
| 13 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 spots | nsubj |
| 14 | spots | spot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 full | parataxis |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 spots | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 full | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a scam email | of spelling mistakes; full property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | spot | present | the hero | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |
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's out of date?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 date | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 date | cop |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 date | case |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 date | case |
| 5 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 date | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | date | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Banks never send emails
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banks | bank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 send | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 send | advmod |
| 3 | send | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | emails | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 send | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not send | present | Banks | emails | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent email=Theme |
Option 2
Heroes don't read emails
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heroes | hero | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 read | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 read | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 read | advmod |
| 4 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | emails | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 read | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not read | present · do-support | Heroes | emails | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent email=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Scam emails can now be perfect, thanks to AI
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scam | scam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 emails | compound |
| 2 | emails | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 perfect | nsubj | |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 perfect | aux |
| 4 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 perfect | advmod |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 perfect | cop |
| 6 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 thanks | punct |
| 8 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 perfect | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 AI | case |
| 10 | AI | ai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 thanks | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | can | Scam emails | now | thanks to AI obl; perfect property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Scam emails never have any mistakes in them at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scam | scam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 emails | compound |
| 2 | emails | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj | |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 have | advmod |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 mistakes | det |
| 6 | mistakes | mistake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 them | case |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 mistakes | nmod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 have | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | present | Scam emails | any mistakes | all | in mistakes = mistake | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Patient |
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