Test 8 · The future: hopes
Connor's friend says nobody will need footballers soon. What is the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, nobody, best reply · What happens: say, need, be · To what, where: footballers · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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: Connor's friend says nobody will need footballers soon.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connor | Connor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Connor | case |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 need | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 need | aux |
| 7 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | footballers | footballer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 need | obj |
| 9 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 need | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Connor's friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | need | future | nobody | footballers | soon property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot footballer=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: What is the best reply?
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 reply | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
People love watching people, so many things will stay human
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 love | nsubj |
| 2 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | watching | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 love | xcomp |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 watching | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 stay | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 stay | advmod |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 things | amod |
| 8 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 stay | nsubj |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 stay | aux |
| 10 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 love | conj |
| 11 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 stay | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | People | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | watch not said to happen | gerund | People not said here | people | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | ||||
| 3 | stay | future | many things | human property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
AI will be picked for the national team
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | ai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 picked | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 picked | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 picked | aux:pass |
| 4 | picked | pick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 team | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 team | det |
| 7 | national | national | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 team | amod |
| 8 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 picked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | future · passive | AI | for the national team | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for team=Beneficiary |
Option 3
All footballers will be replaced by robot players by next year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 footballers | det |
| 2 | footballers | footballer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 replaced | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 replaced | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 replaced | aux:pass |
| 5 | replaced | replace | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 players | case |
| 7 | robot | robot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 players | compound |
| 8 | players | player | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 replaced | obl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 year | case |
| 10 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 year | amod |
| 11 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 replaced | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | replace | future · passive | robot players | all footballers | year | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |
Option 4
Football will be banned for robots only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 banned | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 banned | aux:pass |
| 4 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 robots | case |
| 6 | robots | robot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 banned | obl |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 banned | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | future · passive | Football | for robots | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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