Test 2 · ★ · Sounding right and being right
What would happen if Sam pushed the bot by asking "are you sure? really sure?" about 2 + 2?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, you · What happens: happen, push, ask, be · To what, where: bot, 2 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 3 «Sounding right and being right» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 pushed | mark |
| 5 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 pushed | nsubj |
| 6 | pushed | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bot | det |
| 8 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pushed | obj |
| 9 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 10 asking | mark |
| 10 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 pushed | advcl |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 sure | punct |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 sure | cop |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 sure | nsubj |
| 14 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 asking | ccomp |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 sure | punct |
| 16 | really | really | ADV | _ | 17 sure | advmod |
| 17 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 sure | parataxis |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 sure | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 sure | punct |
| 20 | about | about | ADV | _ | 21 2 | advmod |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 asking | obl |
| 22 | + | + | SYM | _ | 23 2 | cc |
| 23 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 21 2 | conj |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | push a condition, not said to happen | past | Sam | the bot | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bot=Theme | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | gerund | Sam not said here | 2 | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | you | sure 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 · ← Mova's choice
It would turn itself off in anger
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 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 turn | aux |
| 3 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 turn | obj |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 turn | compound:prt |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 anger | case |
| 7 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn off | would | It | itself = it | anger | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent itself=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Some bots might give in, which is a warning sign
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 bots | det |
| 2 | bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 give | nsubj |
| 3 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 give | aux |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADV | _ | 4 give | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sign | punct |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 sign | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 sign | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 sign | det |
| 10 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sign | compound |
| 11 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give in | might | some bots | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | a warning sign | tree rules |
Option 3
It would phone Sam's teacher
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 phone | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 phone | aux |
| 3 | phone | phone | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Sam | case |
| 6 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 phone | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | phone | would | It | Sam's teacher | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
Option 4
It would always prove 2 + 2 = 4 with a drawing
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 prove | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 prove | aux |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 prove | advmod |
| 4 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 prove | obj |
| 6 | + | + | SYM | _ | 7 2 | cc |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 2 | conj |
| 8 | = | = | SYM | _ | 9 4 | case |
| 9 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 2 | nmod |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 drawing | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 drawing | det |
| 12 | drawing | drawing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prove | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | would | It | 2 | = 4; with a drawing; always property | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2=Theme |
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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