Test 8 · Secrets, scams and always telling a grown-up

"the speaker heard us say ok and woke up, is it spying on us??" Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: speaker, us · What happens: hear, say, wake up, spy · To what, where: us, ok · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 of lesson 16 «Secrets, scams and always telling a grown-up» 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: "the speaker heard us say ok and woke up, is it spying on us??"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 heard	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 speaker	det
3	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heard	nsubj
4	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 heard	obj
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 heard	xcomp
7	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 say	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 woke	cc
9	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 heard	conj
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 woke	compound:prt
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 spying	punct
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 spying	aux
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 spying	nsubj
14	spying	spy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 woke	advcl
15	on	on	ADP	_	16 us	case
16	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 spying	obl
17	??	??	PUNCT	_	4 heard	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear in a quote	past	the speaker	us		tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	us not said here	ok		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ok=Topic
3	wake up in a quote	past	the speaker not said here			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	spy in a quote	present · progressive	speaker		on us	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

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: Best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 answer	amod
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 answer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

No, speakers never switch on by mistake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 speakers	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	speakers	speaker	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 switch	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 switch	advmod
5	switch	switch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	5 switch	compound:prt
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 mistake	case
8	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 switch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not switch on	present	speakers					by mistake	vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It probably misheard a wake word; grown-ups can check settings

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	3 misheard	nsubj
2	probably	probably	ADV	_	3 misheard	advmod
3	misheard	mishear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
5	wake	wake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	compound
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 misheard	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 grown	punct
8	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 ups	amod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 grown	punct
10	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 check	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 check	aux
12	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 misheard	conj
13	settings	setting	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 check	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mishear	past	It	a wake word	probably property	tree rules
2	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	check	can	grown ups	settings		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent setting=Theme

Option 3

Yes, every speaker spies on its family on purpose, all day and all night

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 spies	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 speaker	det
4	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spies	nsubj
5	spies	spy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 family	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 family	nmod:poss
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spies	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 purpose	case
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spies	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 day	punct
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purpose	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 night	cc
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 night	det
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purpose	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spy	present	every speaker			speaker's family		on purpose and all day and all night	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

It woke up because it was lonely

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 woke	nsubj
2	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 woke	compound:prt
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 lonely	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lonely	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lonely	cop
7	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 woke	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake up	past	It						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is	past	it					lonely property	tree rules

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