Test 6 · ★ · Sounding right and being right
Grandad wants to ask the bot "what's 1 plus 1" a thousand times to test it. What is sensible to tell him?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad · What happens: want, ask, be, test, tell · To what, where: bot, 1, Grandad · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Grandad wants to ask the bot "what's 1 plus 1" a thousand times to test it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 ask | mark |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bot | det |
| 6 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ask | obj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 1 | punct |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 1 | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 1 | cop |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 ask | obl |
| 11 | plus | plus | CCONJ | _ | 12 1 | cc |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 1 | conj |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 1 | punct |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 thousand | det |
| 15 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 times | nummod |
| 16 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ask | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 test | mark |
| 18 | test | test | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ask | advcl |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 test | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Grandad | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask not said to happen | to-infinitive | Grandad not said here | the bot | time | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bot=Recipient | |||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | 1 | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | test | to-infinitive | Grandad not said here | bot | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 sensible to tell him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 sensible | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sensible | cop |
| 3 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 tell | mark |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 sensible | xcomp |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 tell | iobj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 sensible | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | sensible property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | to-infinitive | Grandad | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
Questions are completely free and use no energy at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 free | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 free | cop |
| 3 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 4 free | advmod |
| 4 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 use | cc |
| 6 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 free | conj |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 energy | det |
| 8 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 use | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 use | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Questions | completely, free property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | use | present | Questions not said here | no energy | all | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient |
Option 2
The bot will get tired and fall asleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bot | det |
| 2 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 fall | cc |
| 7 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 get | conj |
| 8 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fall | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | the bot | tired property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | fall | infinitive | the bot not said here | asleep property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Each question uses a little energy, so don't spam it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 question | det |
| 2 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 uses | nsubj |
| 3 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 energy | det |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 energy | amod |
| 6 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 uses | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 spam | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 spam | advmod |
| 9 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 11 spam | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 spam | advmod |
| 11 | spam | spam | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 uses | parataxis |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 spam | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | each question | a little energy | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not spam | infinitive · do-support | energy | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
The bot will charge him a pound each time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bot | det |
| 2 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 charge | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 charge | aux |
| 4 | charge | charge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 charge | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pound | det |
| 7 | pound | pound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 charge | obj |
| 8 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 time | det |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 charge | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | charge | future | the bot | a pound | him = he | time | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient pound=Asset |
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