Test 9 · ★ · Counting the AI in one ordinary day

The bank blocked Dad's real payment for a holiday. What is the fair way to see it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: bank, Dad, fair way · What happens: block, pay, be, see · To what, where: real payment, way

This is test 9 · ★ 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 bank blocked Dad's real payment for a holiday.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bank	det
2	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blocked	nsubj
3	blocked	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 payment	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Dad	case
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 payment	amod
7	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blocked	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 holiday	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 holiday	det
10	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 payment	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 blocked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	past	the bank	Dad's real payment				for a holiday	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer payment=Theme
2	pay		Dad					for a holiday	nom payment «possession transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

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 is the fair way to see it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 see	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the fair way						tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive	the fair way not said here	way					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

The fraud check makes too many mistakes, so it should be switched off for ever

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 check	det
2	fraud	fraud	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 check	compound
3	check	check	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 many	advmod
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mistakes	amod
7	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 makes	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 switched	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 switched	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 switched	nsubj:pass
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 switched	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 switched	aux:pass
13	switched	switch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 makes	conj
14	off	off	ADP	_	13 switched	compound:prt
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 ever	case
16	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	13 switched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the fraud check	many mistakes					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product
2	switch off	should · passive		check					vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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

The fraud check makes mistakes sometimes, but it also stops real fraud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 check	det
2	fraud	fraud	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 check	compound
3	check	check	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 makes	obj
6	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 makes	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stops	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 stops	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stops	nsubj
10	also	also	ADV	_	11 stops	advmod
11	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 makes	conj
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 fraud	amod
13	fraud	fraud	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stops	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the fraud check	mistakes				sometimes property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product
2	stop	present	check	real fraud					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality fraud=Eventuality

Option 3

The holiday must be a scam if it was blocked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 holiday	det
2	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scam	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 scam	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 scam	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 scam	det
6	scam	scam	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 blocked	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 blocked	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 blocked	aux:pass
10	blocked	block	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 scam	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	must	the holiday	a scam					tree rules
2	block a condition, not said to happen	past · passive		holiday					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The bank wants to stop Dad having a holiday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bank	det
2	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stop	mark
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	xcomp
6	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stop	obj
7	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stop	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 holiday	det
9	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 having	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	present	the bank		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	the bank not said here	Dad	tree rules
3	have	gerund	the bank not said here	a holiday	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent holiday=Patient

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