Test 1 · Cars, doctors, scientists and translators
"translator app did my nan's letter from the council, its fine yeah?" Best reply?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: translator app, nan · What happens: do, letter · To what, where: letter, council
This is test 1 of lesson 18 «Cars, doctors, scientists and translators» 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: "translator app did my nan's letter from the council, its fine yeah?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 2 | translator | translator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 app | compound |
| 3 | app | app | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 nan | nmod:poss |
| 6 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 letter | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 nan | case |
| 8 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 council | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 council | det |
| 11 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 letter | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 fine | punct |
| 13 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 fine | nmod:poss |
| 14 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 did | conj |
| 15 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 14 fine | discourse |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | past | translator app | my nan's letter | the council | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | letter in a quote | my nan | the council | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent from=place |
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 reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 reply | amod |
| 2 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 reply | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yes, councils write in robot language anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 write | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | councils | council | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 write | nsubj |
| 4 | write | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 language | case |
| 6 | robot | robot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 language | compound |
| 7 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 write | obl |
| 8 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 4 write | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | councils | robot language | anyway property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in language=Destination |
Option 2
Yes, translator apps never make mistakes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 apps | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | translator | translator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 apps | compound |
| 4 | apps | app | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 make | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 make | advmod |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | mistakes | mistake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | present | translator apps | mistakes | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
For something important, get a person who speaks both languages to check
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | For | for | ADP | _ | 2 something | case |
| 2 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 get | obl |
| 3 | important | important | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 something | amod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 something | punct |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obj |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 speaks | nsubj |
| 9 | speaks | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 person | acl:relcl |
| 10 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 languages | det |
| 11 | languages | language | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 speaks | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 check | mark |
| 13 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 speaks | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | a person | for something | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent person=Theme for something=Source | |||
| 2 | speak speech: other | present | a person | both languages | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | check | to-infinitive | a person not said here | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
No, translator apps only work for short words, not for whole letters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 apps | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | translator | translator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 apps | compound |
| 4 | apps | app | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 work | nsubj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 work | advmod |
| 6 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 words | case |
| 8 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 words | amod |
| 9 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 work | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 letters | punct |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 letters | advmod |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 letters | case |
| 13 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 letters | amod |
| 14 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 work | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | translator apps | for short words; for whole letters | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for word=Beneficiary |
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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