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Test 5 · Stories, jokes and riddles with a chatbot

The bot tells Chloe her head teacher is "Mr Whitfield". There is no Mr Whitfield. Why did this happen?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bot, head teacher, Mr Whitfield, this · What happens: tell, be, happen · To what, where: Chloe, Mr Whitfield · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 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: The bot tells Chloe her head teacher is "Mr Whitfield".

detnsubjobjnmod:posscompoundnsubjcoppunctcompoundccomppunctpunctrootTheDETbotNOUNtellsVERBChloePROPNherPRONheadNOUNteacherNOUNisAUX"PUNCTMrPROPNWhitfieldPROPN"PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 botdet
2botbotNOUNNumber=Sing3 tellsnsubj
3tellstellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ChloeChloePROPNNumber=Sing3 tellsobj
5herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 teachernmod:poss
6headheadNOUNNumber=Sing7 teachercompound
7teacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing11 Whitfieldnsubj
8isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 Whitfieldcop
9""PUNCT_11 Whitfieldpunct
10MrMrPROPNNumber=Sing11 Whitfieldcompound
11WhitfieldWhitfieldPROPNNumber=Sing3 tellsccomp
12""PUNCT_11 Whitfieldpunct
13..PUNCT_3 tellspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertpresentthe botChloevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent chloe=Recipient
2is a in a quotepresentbot's head teacherMr Whitfieldtree 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: There is no Mr Whitfield.

expldetcompoundnsubjpunctrootTherePRONisVERBnoDETMrPROPNWhitfieldPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem2 isexpl
2isbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3nonoDETPronType=Neg5 Whitfielddet
4MrMrPROPNNumber=Sing5 Whitfieldcompound
5WhitfieldWhitfieldPROPNNumber=Sing2 isnsubj
6..PUNCT_2 ispunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bepresentno Mr Whitfieldtherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: Why did this happen?

advmodauxnsubjpunctrootWhyADVdidAUXthisPRONhappenVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Int4 happenadvmod
2diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 happenaux
3thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 happennsubj
4happenhappenVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 happenpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpast · do-supportthisvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

The head teacher changed his name last week

detcompoundnsubjnmod:possobjamodobl:unmarkedrootTheDETheadNOUNteacherNOUNchangedVERBhisPRONnameNOUNlastADJweekNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 teacherdet
2headheadNOUNNumber=Sing3 teachercompound
3teacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing4 changednsubj
4changedchangeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 namenmod:poss
6namenameNOUNNumber=Sing4 changedobj
7lastlastADJDegree=Pos8 weekamod
8weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing4 changedobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1changepastthe head teacherteacher's nameweekvn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
2nameteachernom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It didn't know, so it made up a likely-sounding name

nsubjauxadvmodpunctadvmodnsubjccompcompound:prtdetamodpunctamodobjrootItPRONdidAUXn'tPARTknowVERB,PUNCTsoADVitPRONmadeVERBupADPaDETlikelyADJ-PUNCTsoundingVERBnameNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 knownsubj
2diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 knowaux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 knowadvmod
4knowknowVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5,,PUNCT_8 madepunct
6sosoADV_8 madeadvmod
7ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 madensubj
8mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 knowccomp
9upupADP_8 madecompound:prt
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 namedet
11likelylikelyADJDegree=Pos13 soundingamod
12--PUNCT_11 likelypunct
13soundingsoundVERBVerbForm=Ger14 nameamod
14namenameNOUNNumber=Sing8 madeobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not knowpast · do-supportItvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2make uppastita sounding namevn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme name=Pivot
3soundgerundvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The bot read the school's private files

detnsubjdetnmod:posscaseamodobjrootTheDETbotNOUNreadVERBtheDETschoolNOUN'sPARTprivateADJfilesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 botdet
2botbotNOUNNumber=Sing3 readnsubj
3readreadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 schooldet
5schoolschoolNOUNNumber=Sing8 filesnmod:poss
6's'sPART_5 schoolcase
7privateprivateADJDegree=Pos8 filesamod
8filesfileNOUNNumber=Plur3 readobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1readpastthe botthe school's private filesvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent file=Topic
2filethe schoolnom file «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Mr Whitfield secretly works at the school and nobody knows

nsubjflatadvmodcasedetoblccnsubjconjrootMrPROPNWhitfieldPROPNsecretlyADVworksVERBatADPtheDETschoolNOUNandCCONJnobodyPRONknowsVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MrMrPROPNNumber=Sing4 worksnsubj
2WhitfieldWhitfieldPROPNNumber=Sing1 Mrflat
3secretlysecretlyADV_4 worksadvmod
4worksworkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5atatADP_7 schoolcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 schooldet
7schoolschoolNOUNNumber=Sing4 worksobl
8andandCCONJ_10 knowscc
9nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg10 knowsnsubj
10knowsknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 worksconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1workpresentMrat the school; secretly propertyvn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at school=Theme
2knowpresentnobodyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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