Test 5 · ★ · In the news: invented court cases and an airline's chatbot
In a film, a famous voice on the phone tells a town that voting has moved to next week, and everybody obeys. What should the townspeople have done?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: famous voice, everybody · What happens: tell, move, obey, do · To what, where: town, film, townspeople · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: In a film, a famous voice on the phone tells a town that voting has moved to next week, and everybody obeys.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tells | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 voice | det |
| 6 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 voice | amod |
| 7 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tells | nsubj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 phone | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 phone | det |
| 10 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 voice | nmod |
| 11 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 town | det |
| 13 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tells | obj |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 moved | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | voting | voting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 moved | nsubj |
| 16 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 moved | aux |
| 17 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 town | acl:relcl |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 week | case |
| 19 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 week | amod |
| 20 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 moved | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 obeys | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 obeys | cc |
| 23 | everybody | everybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 24 obeys | nsubj |
| 24 | obeys | obey | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 tells | conj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 tells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | a famous voice on the phone | a town | a film | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent town=Recipient | |||
| 2 | move | present · perfect · passive | a town | week | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | obey | present | everybody | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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 the townspeople have done?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 done | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 done | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 townspeople | det |
| 4 | townspeople | townspeople | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 done | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 done | aux |
| 6 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 done | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should · perfect · passive | the townspeople | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Obey, because nobody can ever fake the voice of someone famous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Obey | Obey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 fake | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Obey | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 fake | mark |
| 4 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 fake | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 fake | aux |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 7 fake | advmod |
| 7 | fake | fake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 voice | det |
| 9 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fake | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 someone | case |
| 11 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 voice | nmod |
| 12 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fake | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fake | can | nobody | the voice of someone | ever | Obey vocative | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Check the official election office before believing it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 office | det |
| 3 | official | official | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 office | amod |
| 4 | election | election | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 office | compound |
| 5 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Check | obj |
| 6 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 7 believing | mark |
| 7 | believing | believe | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Check | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 believing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | imperative | you not said here | the official election office | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent office=Theme | ||||
| 2 | believe | gerund | you not said here | office | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 3
Vote twice to be on the safe side
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vote | vote | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Vote | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 side | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 side | cop |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 side | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 side | det |
| 7 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 side | amod |
| 8 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Vote | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vote | imperative | you not said here | twice property | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | you not said here | the safe side | tree rules |
Option 4
Phone back the same number to ask
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 number | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 number | det |
| 4 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 number | amod |
| 5 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Phone | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 ask | mark |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 number | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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