Test 4 · The future: hopes
In a cartoon a robot dog is left without food for a month and still wags its tail. What does it show about robot pets?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog · What happens: leave, wag, show · To what, where: robot dog, cartoon, tail
This is test 4 of lesson 24 «The future: hopes» 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 cartoon a robot dog is left without food for a month and still wags its tail.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 left | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 dog | det |
| 5 | robot | robot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dog | compound |
| 6 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 left | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 left | aux:pass |
| 8 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | without | without | ADP | _ | 10 food | case |
| 10 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 left | obl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 month | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 month | det |
| 13 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 left | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 wags | cc |
| 15 | still | still | ADV | _ | 16 wags | advmod |
| 16 | wags | wag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 left | conj |
| 17 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 tail | nmod:poss |
| 18 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 wags | obj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present · passive | a robot dog | a cartoon | month | without food | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in cartoon=Location | ||
| 2 | wag | present | dog's tail | still | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |
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 does it show about robot pets?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 pets | case |
| 6 | robot | robot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pets | compound |
| 7 | pets | pet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 show | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | dog | about robot pets | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Recipient about pet=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Cartoons always show real science
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 show | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 show | advmod |
| 3 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 science | amod |
| 5 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 show | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | Cartoons | real science | always property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent science=Recipient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They are not living animals and don't need care like real pets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 living | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 living | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 living | advmod |
| 4 | living | live | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 living | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 need | cc |
| 7 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 need | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 need | advmod |
| 9 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 living | conj |
| 10 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 need | obj |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 pets | case |
| 12 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 pets | amod |
| 13 | pets | pet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 need | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not live | present · progressive | They | animals | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme animal=Location | ||||
| 2 | not need | present · do-support | They not said here | care | like real pets | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot care=Theme |
Option 3
Robot dogs secretly eat at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robot | robot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dogs | compound |
| 2 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 eat | nsubj |
| 3 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 4 eat | advmod |
| 4 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 night | case |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Robot dogs | night | secretly property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Real dogs can also live without food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 dogs | amod |
| 2 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 live | aux |
| 4 | also | also | ADV | _ | 5 live | advmod |
| 5 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | without | without | ADP | _ | 7 food | case |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | can | Real dogs | without food | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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