Test 6 · ★ · Stop, think, check, ask
A torch app wants your location. Why is that odd?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: torch app, that · What happens: want, be · To what, where: location
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 14 «Stop, think, check, ask» 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 torch app wants your location.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 app | det |
| 2 | torch | torch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 app | compound |
| 3 | app | app | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wants | nsubj |
| 4 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 location | nmod:poss |
| 6 | location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wants | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a torch app | your location | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot location=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: Why is that odd?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 odd | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 odd | cop |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 odd | nsubj |
| 4 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 odd | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | odd property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Location makes the light brighter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 light | det |
| 4 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| 5 | brighter | bright | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Location | the light | bright property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset light=Product |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A torch doesn't need to know where you are
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 torch | det |
| 2 | torch | torch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 need | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 need | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 need | advmod |
| 5 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 know | mark |
| 7 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 need | xcomp |
| 8 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 7 know | ccomp |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 where | nsubj |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 where | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not need | present · do-support | a torch | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | know not said to happen | to-infinitive | a torch not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is | present | you | where property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It needs it to find the dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 needs | nsubj |
| 2 | needs | need | 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 needs | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 find | mark |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 needs | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dark | det |
| 7 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | It | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | find not said to happen | to-infinitive | the dark | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dark=Topic |
Option 4
Torches only work in some places, so it has to check first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torches | torch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 work | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 work | advmod |
| 3 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 places | case |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 places | det |
| 6 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 work | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 has | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 has | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 has | nsubj |
| 10 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 work | conj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 check | mark |
| 12 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 has | xcomp |
| 13 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 check | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Torches | in some places | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in place=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have | present | it | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | check | to-infinitive | first property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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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