Test 3 · Stories, jokes and riddles with a chatbot

What would happen if Maddie took the bot's book list straight to the library without checking?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Maddie, bot · What happens: happen, take, check, list · To what, where: book list

This is test 3 of lesson 4 «Stories, jokes and riddles with a chatbot» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 took	mark
5	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 took	nsubj
6	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bot	det
8	bot	bot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 list	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 bot	case
10	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 list	compound
11	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 took	obj
12	straight	straight	ADV	_	15 library	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 library	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 library	det
15	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 took	obj
16	without	without	SCONJ	_	17 checking	mark
17	checking	check	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 took	advcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	happen	would			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	take a condition, not said to happen	past	Maddie	the bot's book list	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument list=Theme library=Destination
3	check	gerund	Maddie not said here		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	list		the bot		nom list «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer

She might hunt for books that don't exist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hunt	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hunt	aux
3	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 books	case
5	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hunt	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 exist	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 exist	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 exist	advmod
9	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 books	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	might	She					for books	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for book=Theme
2	not exist	present · do-support	books						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The books would appear on the shelf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 books	det
2	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 appear	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 appear	aux
4	appear	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 shelf	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shelf	det
7	shelf	shelf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 appear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appear	would	the books			the shelf			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shelf=Location

Option 3

The librarian would know the bot was lying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 librarian	det
2	librarian	librarian	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bot	det
6	bot	bot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lying	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lying	aux
8	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	would	the librarian						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	lie	past · progressive	the bot						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The library would print the books for her on the spot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 library	det
2	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 print	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 print	aux
4	print	print	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 books	det
6	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 print	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 print	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 spot	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 spot	det
11	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 print	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	would	the library	the books		the spot		for her = she	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent book=Theme on spot=Destination

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