Test 8 · ★ · Sounding right and being right

Which of these is a chatbot good at?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 chatbot	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 chatbot	case
3	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	6 chatbot	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 chatbot	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 chatbot	det
6	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chatbot	amod
8	at	at	ADP	_	7 good	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 chatbot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						of a chatbot	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

Knowing when its joke hurt your friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 hurt	parataxis
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 hurt	advmod
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 joke	nmod:poss
4	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hurt	nsubj
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	know	gerund			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	hurt	past	its joke	your friend	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Patient
3	joke		its = it		nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Tying a knot in a rope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tying	tie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 knot	det
3	knot	knot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tying	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 rope	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rope	det
6	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	gerund		a knot		a rope			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knot=Patient

Option 3

Seeing what is outside your window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 window	csubj
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	1 Seeing	obj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 window	cop
4	outside	outside	ADP	_	6 window	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 window	nmod:poss
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	gerund		your window					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
2	is	present	Seeing					outside your window	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Writing a clear explanation of a common idea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	write	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 explanation	det
3	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 explanation	amod
4	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Writing	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 idea	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 idea	det
7	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 idea	amod
8	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explanation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	gerund		a clear explanation of a common idea					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent explanation=Theme
2	explain		a common idea						nom explanation «communication intransitive»: of=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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