Test 4 · Who you are: being wrong and learning

In a cartoon a robot cries, "Don't go, I'll be so lonely!" Why is that wrong for you?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: robot, that · What happens: cry, not go, be · To what, where: cartoon · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 of lesson 29 «Who you are: being wrong and learning» 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 cries, "Don't go, I'll be so lonely!"

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	6 cries	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 robot	det
5	robot	robot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cries	nsubj
6	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 go	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 go	punct
9	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 go	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 go	advmod
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 cries	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 lonely	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 lonely	nsubj
14	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 lonely	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 lonely	cop
16	so	so	ADV	_	17 lonely	advmod
17	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cries	parataxis
18	!	!	PUNCT	_	17 lonely	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 cries	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	present	a robot	a cartoon		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not go in a quote	infinitive · do-support				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is in a quote	future	a robot = robot		lonely 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: Why is that wrong for you?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 wrong	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wrong	cop
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 wrong	nsubj
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 you	case
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 wrong	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					for you; wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

It's right; you should beg the child to stay and keep talking to you

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 beg	punct
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 beg	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 beg	aux
7	beg	beg	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beg	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 stay	mark
11	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 beg	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 keep	cc
13	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 beg	conj
14	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 keep	xcomp
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 you	case
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 talking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		right property	tree rules
2	beg speech: request	should	you	the child		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent child=Recipient
3	stay	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	keep	infinitive	you not said here			tree rules
5	talk	gerund	you not said here	you		vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to you=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It's wrong only because robots can't cry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 cry	advmod
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 cry	mark
6	robots	robot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cry	nsubj
7	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 cry	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 cry	advmod
9	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wrong	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					wrong property	tree rules
2	not cry speech: express	can	robots						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It isn't honest, and it makes the child feel guilty for leaving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 honest	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 honest	cop
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 honest	advmod
4	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 makes	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 makes	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 makes	nsubj
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 honest	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 makes	obj
11	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 makes	xcomp
12	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 feel	xcomp
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 leaving	mark
14	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 guilty	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is	present	It		honest property	tree rules
2	make	present	it	the child		tree rules
3	feel	infinitive	the child not said here		guilty property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
4	leave	gerund	the child not said here			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Robots in cartoons should never speak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Robots	robot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 speak	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 cartoons	case
3	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Robots	nmod
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 speak	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 speak	advmod
6	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not speak speech: other	should	Robots in cartoons						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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