Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: thinking like a machine, Bebras puzzles ★★★
The teacher says Robo had "one tiny bug": it drove the class cake off the table. How big was the problem really?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher, Robo · What happens: say, have, drive, be · To what, where: one tiny bug, class cake, table, big problem · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: thinking like a machine, Bebras puzzles ★★★» 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: The teacher says Robo had "one tiny bug": it drove the class cake off the table.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Robo | Robo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 bug | punct |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 bug | nummod |
| 8 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bug | amod |
| 9 | bug | bug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 bug | punct |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 drove | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 drove | nsubj |
| 13 | drove | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 cake | det |
| 15 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 cake | compound |
| 16 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 drove | obj |
| 17 | off | off | ADP | _ | 19 table | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 table | det |
| 19 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 drove | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the teacher | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have | past | Robo | one tiny bug | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bug=Patient | ||||
| 3 | drive | past | teacher | the class cake | the table | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cake=Theme off table=Trajectory |
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: How big was the problem really?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 big | advmod |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 problem | amod |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 problem | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 problem | det |
| 5 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 problem | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 problem | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the big problem | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
There was a real insect inside the robot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 was | expl |
| 2 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 insect | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 insect | amod |
| 5 | insect | insect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 was | nsubj |
| 6 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 8 robot | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 robot | det |
| 8 | robot | robot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 was | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | a real insect | the robot; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside robot=Location |
Option 2
The robot chose to ruin the cake on purpose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 robot | det |
| 2 | robot | robot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chose | nsubj |
| 3 | chose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 ruin | mark |
| 5 | ruin | ruin | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 chose | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cake | det |
| 7 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ruin | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 purpose | case |
| 9 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ruin | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | past | the robot | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | ruin | to-infinitive | the robot not said here | the cake | purpose | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient |
Option 3
Nothing went wrong, it was only a joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 went | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 joke | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 joke | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 joke | cop |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 joke | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 joke | det |
| 9 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Nothing | wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a joke | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A small mistake in the steps made a big mess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 mistake | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mistake | amod |
| 3 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 made | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 steps | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 steps | det |
| 6 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 mistake | nmod |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 mess | det |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 mess | amod |
| 10 | mess | mess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 made | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | a small mistake in the steps | a big mess | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mess=Product |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine/t11/