Test 8 · Voice assistants and recommendations
The map app sends you down a tiny lane and it's jammed too. Why?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: map app · What happens: send down, jam · To what, where: tiny lane, you, app
This is test 8 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: The map app sends you down a tiny lane and it's jammed too.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 app | det |
| 2 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 app | compound |
| 3 | app | app | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sends | nsubj |
| 4 | sends | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 sends | obj |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 sends | compound:prt |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 lane | det |
| 8 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 lane | amod |
| 9 | lane | lane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sends | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 jammed | cc |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 jammed | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 jammed | aux:pass |
| 13 | jammed | jam | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 sends | conj |
| 14 | too | too | ADV | _ | 13 jammed | advmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sends | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send down | present | the map app | a tiny lane | you | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination lane=Theme | |||
| 2 | jam | present · passive | app | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
The app wanted you to see the pretty countryside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 app | det |
| 2 | app | app | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 wanted | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 see | mark |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 countryside | det |
| 8 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 countryside | amod |
| 9 | countryside | countryside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | the app | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | the pretty countryside | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer countryside=Stimulus |
Option 2
Tiny lanes are always faster than big roads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 lanes | amod |
| 2 | lanes | lane | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 faster | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 faster | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 faster | advmod |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 roads | case |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 roads | amod |
| 8 | roads | road | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 faster | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Tiny lanes | than big roads; always, fast property | tree rules |
Option 3
The lane was built to hold traffic jams on purpose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lane | det |
| 2 | lane | lane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 built | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 built | aux:pass |
| 4 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 hold | mark |
| 6 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 built | advcl |
| 7 | traffic | traffic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 jams | compound |
| 8 | jams | jam | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hold | obj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 purpose | case |
| 10 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | past · passive | the lane | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | |||||
| 2 | hold | to-infinitive | traffic jams | purpose | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent jam=Theme on purpose=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It sent lots of other drivers the same way
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 sent | nsubj |
| 2 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sent | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 drivers | case |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 drivers | amod |
| 6 | drivers | driver | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lots | nmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 way | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 way | amod |
| 9 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sent | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | It | lots of other drivers | the same way obl:unmarked | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |
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