Test 3 · ★★ · In the news: tricked bots, real discoveries, careful words
Your cousin says, "Headline says AI will END ALL JOBS NEXT WEEK, so it's true." What is wise?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, Headline, AI · What happens: say, end, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 23 «In the news: tricked bots, real discoveries, careful words» 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 cousin says, "Headline says AI will END ALL JOBS NEXT WEEK, so it's true."
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 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| 6 | Headline | headline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | AI | ai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 END | nsubj |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 END | aux |
| 10 | END | end | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 says | ccomp |
| 11 | ALL | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 WEEK | det |
| 12 | JOBS | jobs | ADV | _ | 13 NEXT | advmod |
| 13 | NEXT | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 WEEK | amod |
| 14 | WEEK | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 END | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 true | punct |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 true | advmod |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 true | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 true | cop |
| 19 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | parataxis |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 true | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Headline | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | end in a quote | future | AI | week | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | AI | true property | tree rules |
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 wise?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wise | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wise | cop |
| 3 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Believe it, but only if the headline is written in capital letters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Believe | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 written | punct |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 written | cc |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 written | advmod |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 written | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 headline | det |
| 8 | headline | headline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 written | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 written | aux:pass |
| 10 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Believe | parataxis |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 letters | case |
| 12 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 letters | compound |
| 13 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 written | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | imperative | you not said here | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | write a condition, not said to happen | present · passive | the headline | capital letters | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in letter=Destination |
Option 2
Ignore all news about AI forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignore | ignore | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 news | det |
| 3 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ignore | obj |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 AI | case |
| 5 | AI | ai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ignore | obl |
| 6 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 1 Ignore | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | imperative | you not said here | all news | about AI; forever property | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme |
Option 3
Believe it, headlines are always exact
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Believe | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 exact | punct |
| 4 | headlines | headline | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 exact | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 exact | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 exact | advmod |
| 7 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Believe | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | imperative | you not said here | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | present | headlines | always, exact property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Read past the headline; headlines can exaggerate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | past | past | ADP | _ | 4 headline | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 headline | det |
| 4 | headline | headline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Read | obl |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 exaggerate | punct |
| 6 | headlines | headline | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 exaggerate | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 exaggerate | aux |
| 8 | exaggerate | exaggerate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Read | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | imperative | you not said here | past the headline | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | exaggerate | can | headlines | tree rules |
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