Test 10 · Voice assistants and recommendations
Sam asks the speaker for the weather, then goes out in shorts though it is snowing. What did he forget?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, it · What happens: ask, go out, snow, forget · To what, where: speaker, shorts
This is test 10 of lesson 17 «Voice assistants and recommendations» 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: Sam asks the speaker for the weather, then goes out in shorts though it is snowing.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 speaker | det |
| 4 | speaker | speaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 weather | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 weather | det |
| 7 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 speaker | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 goes | punct |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 goes | advmod |
| 10 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 asks | parataxis |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 goes | compound:prt |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 shorts | case |
| 13 | shorts | short | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 goes | obl |
| 14 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 17 snowing | mark |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 snowing | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 snowing | aux |
| 17 | snowing | snow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 goes | advcl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Sam | the speaker | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent speaker=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | go out | present | shorts | then | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | snow | present · progressive | it | vn weather-57 «It V PP.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 did he forget?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 forget | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 forget | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 forget | nsubj |
| 4 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 forget | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past · do-support | Sam | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
To ask the speaker the same thing a second time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 ask | mark |
| 2 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 speaker | det |
| 4 | speaker | speaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ask | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 thing | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 thing | amod |
| 7 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ask | obj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 time | det |
| 9 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 time | amod |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ask | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | the same thing | the speaker | time | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
To look out of the window as well
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 look | mark |
| 2 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 window | case |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 window | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 window | det |
| 6 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 look | obl |
| 7 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 2 look | advmod |
| 8 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 as | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look out | to-infinitive | the window | tree rules |
Option 3
To thank the speaker politely for its help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 thank | mark |
| 2 | thank | thank | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 speaker | det |
| 4 | speaker | speaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 thank | obj |
| 5 | politely | politely | ADV | _ | 2 thank | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 help | case |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 help | nmod:poss |
| 8 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 thank | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thank speech: thank | to-infinitive | the speaker | for speaker's help; politely property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent speaker=Theme for help=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | help | speaker | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
To turn the speaker up a bit louder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 turn | mark |
| 2 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 speaker | det |
| 4 | speaker | speaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turn | obj |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 turn | compound:prt |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 louder | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 turn | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn up | to-infinitive | the speaker | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location speaker=Theme |
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