Test 3 · ★ · In the news: invented court cases and an airline's chatbot
Your friend says, "If a bot gets it wrong, the company can just blame the bot." Which is closer to what was reported?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, bot, company · What happens: say, get, blame, be, report · To what, where: friend, bot · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 20 «In the news: invented court cases and an airline's chatbot» 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: Your friend says, "If a bot gets it wrong, the company can just blame the bot."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 blame | punct |
| 6 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 gets | mark |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bot | det |
| 8 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gets | nsubj |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 blame | advcl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gets | obj |
| 11 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 gets | xcomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 gets | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 company | det |
| 14 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 blame | nsubj |
| 15 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 blame | aux |
| 16 | just | just | ADV | _ | 17 blame | advmod |
| 17 | blame | blame | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 bot | det |
| 19 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 blame | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 blame | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 blame | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | a bot | friend | wrong property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | blame in a quote | can | the company | the bot | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bot=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: Which is closer to what was reported?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 closer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 closer | cop |
| 3 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 7 reported | mark |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 reported | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 reported | aux:pass |
| 7 | reported | report | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 closer | advcl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 closer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | close property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | report | past · passive | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
The options
Option 1
Customers must pay for bots' mistakes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Customers | customer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pay | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 pay | aux |
| 3 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 mistakes | case |
| 5 | bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 mistakes | nmod:poss |
| 6 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 5 bots | case |
| 7 | mistakes | mistake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | must | Customers | for bots's mistakes | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for mistake=Theme | ||||
| 2 | mistake | bots | nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A tribunal made the airline honour its chatbot's words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 tribunal | det |
| 2 | tribunal | tribunal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 honour | det |
| 5 | airline | airline | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 honour | amod |
| 6 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 chatbot | nmod:poss |
| 8 | chatbot | chatbot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 words | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 chatbot | case |
| 10 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | a tribunal | the airline honour | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset honour=Beneficiary word=Product | ||||
| 2 | word | tribunal's chatbot | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Bots are sent to court instead of companies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sent | aux:pass |
| 3 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 court | case |
| 5 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obl |
| 6 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 8 companies | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 instead | fixed |
| 8 | companies | company | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sent | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present · passive | companies | Bots | court | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to court=Destination |
Option 4
Companies can always blame their bots, so customers get nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Companies | company | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 blame | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 blame | aux |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 blame | advmod |
| 4 | blame | blame | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 bots | nmod:poss |
| 6 | bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 blame | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 get | advmod |
| 9 | customers | customer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 get | nsubj |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 blame | conj |
| 11 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | can | Companies | Companies's bots | always property | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bot=Theme | |||
| 2 | get | present | customers | nothing | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |
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