Test 8 · ★ · Counting the AI in one ordinary day
The bird app says "owl" in the middle of a sunny afternoon in a busy town. What should Chloe think?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bird app, Chloe · What happens: say, think · To what, where: owl, middle · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 19 «Counting the AI in one ordinary day» 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 bird app says "owl" in the middle of a sunny afternoon in a busy town.
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 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 app | compound |
| 3 | app | app | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 owl | punct |
| 6 | owl | owl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | obj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 owl | punct |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 middle | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 middle | det |
| 10 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 afternoon | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 afternoon | det |
| 13 | sunny | sunny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 afternoon | amod |
| 14 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 middle | nmod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 town | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 town | det |
| 17 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 town | amod |
| 18 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 afternoon | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the bird app | owl | the middle of a sunny afternoon in a busy town | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent owl=Theme in middle=Manner |
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 should Chloe think?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 think | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 think | aux |
| 3 | Chloe | Chloe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 think | nsubj |
| 4 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | should | Chloe | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It must be right, apps cannot mistake birds
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 | 4 right | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 right | cop |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mistake | punct |
| 6 | apps | app | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 mistake | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 mistake | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 mistake | advmod |
| 9 | mistake | mistake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 right | conj |
| 10 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 mistake | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must | It | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not mistake | can | apps | birds | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It might be wrong, so check in a bird book
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 | 4 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 wrong | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wrong | cop |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 check | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 check | advmod |
| 7 | check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 wrong | parataxis |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 book | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 book | det |
| 10 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 book | compound |
| 11 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 check | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | might | It | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | check | infinitive | a bird book | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in book=Location |
Option 3
Owls only sing when apps are listening
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Owls | owl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sing | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 sing | advmod |
| 3 | sing | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 7 listening | mark |
| 5 | apps | app | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 listening | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 listening | aux |
| 7 | listening | listen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 sing | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | present | Owls | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | listen | present · progressive | apps | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
The owl must have followed the phone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 owl | det |
| 2 | owl | owl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 followed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 followed | aux |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 followed | aux |
| 5 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 phone | det |
| 7 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 followed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | must · perfect · passive | the owl | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme phone=Attribute |
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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