Test 9 · The future: hopes

Which reason for learning to write is the strongest?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: reason · What happens: learn, write, be

This is test 9 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 reason	det
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 strongest	nsubj
3	for	for	SCONJ	_	4 learning	mark
4	learning	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 reason	acl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 write	mark
6	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 learning	xcomp
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 strongest	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 strongest	det
9	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 strongest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	learn	gerund	which reason not said here		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	write	to-infinitive	which reason not said here		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	which reason	strong 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.

The options

Option 1

Writing is needed to switch on AI

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 needed	aux:pass
3	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 switch	mark
5	switch	switch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 needed	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 AI	case
7	AI	ai	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 switch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present · passive		Writing					tree rules
2	switch not said to happen	to-infinitive	Writing not said here			AI			vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Writing makes your hand stronger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Writing	your hand				strong property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hand=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Writing helps you think clearly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 helps	obj
4	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 helps	xcomp
5	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	4 think	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Writing	you					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	think speech: other	infinitive	you not said here					clearly property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Writing is only for old-fashioned letters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 letters	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 letters	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	8 letters	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	8 letters	case
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fashioned	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 old	punct
7	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 letters	amod
8	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Writing					for fashioned letters	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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