Test 4 · Stories, jokes and riddles with a chatbot
A cartoon shows a bot doing 37 × 48 in its head and always being right. What should you think?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon, bot, you · What happens: show, do, be, think · To what, where: bot, 37, head
This is test 4 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
Sentence 1: A cartoon shows a bot doing 37 × 48 in its head and always being right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bot | det |
| 5 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 6 | doing | do | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 bot | acl |
| 7 | 37 | 37 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 doing | obj |
| 8 | × | × | SYM | _ | 9 48 | case |
| 9 | 48 | 48 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 37 | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 head | case |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 head | nmod:poss |
| 12 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 doing | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 right | cc |
| 14 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 16 right | advmod |
| 15 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 right | cop |
| 16 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 head | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | a bot | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bot=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | do | gerund | a bot not said here | 37 | cartoon's head | × 48 | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 37=Eventuality | ||
| 3 | is | gerund | a bot not said here | always, right property | 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 should you think?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 think | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 think | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 think | nsubj |
| 4 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | should | you | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Bots can't do sums at all, not even 1 + 1
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 do | nsubj |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 do | advmod |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | sums | sum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 do | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 do | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 1 | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 1 | advmod |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 11 1 | advmod |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 do | obl |
| 12 | + | + | SYM | _ | 13 1 | advmod |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 1 | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do | can | Bots | sums | all | 1 1 obl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Eventuality |
Option 2
Only cartoons can do sums
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 cartoons | advmod |
| 2 | cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 do | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | sums | sum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | can | cartoons | sums | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Eventuality |
Option 3
That is true, bots are perfect calculators
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 calculators | punct |
| 5 | bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 calculators | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 calculators | cop |
| 7 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 calculators | amod |
| 8 | calculators | calculator | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | bots | perfect calculators | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Real chatbots can get big sums wrong, so check
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 chatbots | amod |
| 2 | chatbots | chatbot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sums | amod |
| 6 | sums | sum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | obj |
| 7 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 check | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 check | advmod |
| 10 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 get | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | can | Real chatbots | big sums | wrong property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sum=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | check | infinitive | Real chatbots not said here | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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