Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: thinking like a machine, Bebras puzzles ★★★
"my mate's AI app keeps saying his husky's a wolf whenever it's in the snow lol". What would help fix the sorter most?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: AI app, husky, it · What happens: keep, say, be, help, fix · To what, where: wolf, snow, sorter · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: "my mate's AI app keeps saying his husky's a wolf whenever it's in the snow lol".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 keeps | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 app | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 mate | case |
| 5 | AI | ai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 app | compound |
| 6 | app | app | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 keeps | nsubj |
| 7 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 keeps | xcomp |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 husky | nmod:poss |
| 10 | husky | husky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wolf | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 wolf | cop |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 wolf | det |
| 13 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saying | ccomp |
| 14 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 saying | ccomp |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 snow | nsubj |
| 16 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 snow | cop |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 snow | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 snow | det |
| 19 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 whenever | parataxis |
| 20 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 19 snow | discourse |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 snow | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep in a quote | present | my mate's AI app | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | gerund | my mate's AI app not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | app's husky | a wolf | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | it | the snow | 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.
Sentence 2: What would help fix the sorter most?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 help | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 help | aux |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 help | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sorter | det |
| 6 | sorter | sorter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fix | obj |
| 7 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 fix | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | would | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | fix | infinitive | the sorter | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent sorter=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Training it on wolves without snow and huskies in snow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Training | train | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Training | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 wolves | case |
| 4 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Training | obl |
| 5 | without | without | ADP | _ | 6 snow | case |
| 6 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Training | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 huskies | cc |
| 8 | huskies | husky | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 snow | conj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 snow | case |
| 10 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Training | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | train | gerund | it | wolves | without snow and huskies; in snow | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
Turning the brightness of every photo right up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 brightness | det |
| 3 | brightness | brightness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Turning | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 photo | case |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 photo | det |
| 6 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brightness | nmod |
| 7 | right | right | ADV | _ | 8 up | advmod |
| 8 | up | up | ADV | _ | 1 Turning | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | gerund | the brightness of every photo | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent brightness=Theme |
Option 3
Showing it lots more wolves standing in the snow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Showing | show | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Showing | obj |
| 3 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Showing | obj |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 wolves | amod |
| 5 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lots | conj |
| 6 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 wolves | acl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 snow | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 snow | det |
| 9 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 standing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | gerund | it | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient lot=Topic | |||||
| 2 | stand | gerund | more wolves not said here | the snow | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in snow=Location |
Option 4
Telling it once, very firmly, that it's wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 wrong | csubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Telling | obj |
| 3 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Telling | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 firmly | punct |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 firmly | advmod |
| 6 | firmly | firmly | ADV | _ | 1 Telling | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 wrong | punct |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 wrong | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 wrong | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 wrong | cop |
| 11 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund | it | firmly, once property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | wrong property | tree rules |
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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