Test 9 · ★ · Sounding right and being right
"So is it a person or not, make up your mind" What is the clearest answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, your · What happens: be, make up, mind · To what, where: person, mind, clearest answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 person | punct |
| 2 | So | so | ADV | _ | 6 person | advmod |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 person | cop |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 person | nsubj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 person | det |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 not | cc |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 person | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 make | punct |
| 10 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 person | parataxis |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 make | compound:prt |
| 12 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 mind | nmod:poss |
| 13 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 make | obj |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 answer | punct |
| 15 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 19 answer | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 answer | cop |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 answer | det |
| 18 | clearest | clear | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 19 answer | amod |
| 19 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 make | conj |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | it | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make up in a quote | infinitive | your mind | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | be speech: assert | present | the clearest answer | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | mind in a quote | your | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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 is a person who lives in a computer
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 person | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 person | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 person | det |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 lives | nsubj |
| 6 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 person | acl:relcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 computer | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 computer | det |
| 9 | computer | computer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lives | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | present | a person | a computer | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in computer=Location |
Option 2
It is a person only when it is being polite
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 person | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 person | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 person | det |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 polite | advmod |
| 6 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 10 polite | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 polite | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 polite | cop |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 polite | cop |
| 10 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 person | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | person | polite property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It is a tool that talks like a person
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 tool | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tool | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 tool | det |
| 4 | tool | tool | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 talks | nsubj |
| 6 | talks | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tool | acl:relcl |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 person | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 person | det |
| 9 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 talks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a tool | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | talk | present | a tool | like a person | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
It becomes a person after a long enough chat
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 | 2 becomes | nsubj |
| 2 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 person | det |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 becomes | xcomp |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 chat | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 chat | det |
| 7 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 chat | amod |
| 8 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 chat | amod |
| 9 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 becomes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | It | a person | after a long enough chat | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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