Test 7 · Stories, jokes and riddles with a chatbot
Jake asks about a spider "counting the shoes" and the bot says 16. What does that show?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jake, bot, that · What happens: ask, count, say, show · To what, where: shoes, 16 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: Jake asks about a spider "counting the shoes" and the bot says 16.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 spider | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 spider | det |
| 5 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | obl |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 counting | punct |
| 7 | counting | count | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 asks | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 shoes | det |
| 9 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 counting | obj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 counting | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 says | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 bot | det |
| 13 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 says | nsubj |
| 14 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 asks | conj |
| 15 | 16 | 16 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 says | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Jake | about a spider | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about spider=Topic | ||||
| 2 | count in a quote | gerund | Jake not said here | the shoes | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | the bot | 16 | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 16=Topic |
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 does that show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | that | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
Spiders really do have 16 legs when they wear shoes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 have | advmod |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | aux |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | 16 | 16 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 legs | nummod |
| 6 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| 7 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 wear | mark |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 wear | nsubj |
| 9 | wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | advcl |
| 10 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 wear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · do-support | Spiders | 16 legs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient | ||||
| 2 | wear | present | Spiders = spider | shoes | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |
Option 2
Spiders always wear eight shoes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wear | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 wear | advmod |
| 3 | wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 shoes | nummod |
| 5 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | present | Spiders | eight shoes | always property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Silly trick questions can confuse the bot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 questions | amod |
| 2 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 questions | compound |
| 3 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 confuse | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 confuse | aux |
| 5 | confuse | confuse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bot | det |
| 7 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 confuse | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confuse | can | Silly trick questions | the bot | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bot=Patient |
Option 4
The bot is right and Jake is wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bot | det |
| 2 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 right | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 wrong | cc |
| 6 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 wrong | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 wrong | cop |
| 8 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 right | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the bot | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Jake | 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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