Test 6 · ★★ · Why the bot agrees too easily
Chloe wants the bot to translate a long letter to Granny's doctor. What is sensible?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Chloe · What happens: want, translate, be · To what, where: bot, long letter
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Why the bot agrees too easily» 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: Chloe wants the bot to translate a long letter to Granny's doctor.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chloe | Chloe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bot | det |
| 4 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 translate | mark |
| 6 | translate | translate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 bot | acl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 letter | det |
| 8 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 letter | amod |
| 9 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 translate | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 doctor | case |
| 11 | Granny | Granny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 doctor | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 Granny | case |
| 13 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 letter | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Chloe | the bot | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bot=Theme | ||||
| 2 | translate | to-infinitive | Chloe not said here | a long letter | to Granny's doctor | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient |
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 is sensible?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 sensible | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sensible | cop |
| 3 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 sensible | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | sensible property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Send it in English and hope
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Send | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Send | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 English | case |
| 4 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Send | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 hope | cc |
| 6 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 English | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | imperative | you not said here | it | English and hope | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in english=Destination |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Send it straight away, bots never slip
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Send | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Send | obj |
| 3 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 4 away | advmod |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Send | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 slip | punct |
| 6 | bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 slip | nsubj |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 slip | advmod |
| 8 | slip | slip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Send | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | imperative | you not said here | it | away property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | not slip | present | bots | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3
Translate it word by word with a dictionary only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translate | translate | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Translate | obj |
| 3 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Translate | obl |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 word | case |
| 5 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Translate | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 dictionary | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dictionary | det |
| 8 | dictionary | dictionary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 word | nmod |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 dictionary | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | translate | imperative | you not said here | it | by word with a dictionary; word obl | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Ask someone who speaks Polish to check it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Ask | obj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 speaks | nsubj |
| 4 | speaks | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 someone | acl:relcl |
| 5 | Polish | Polish | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 speaks | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 check | mark |
| 7 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | ccomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 check | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | someone | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | present | Polish | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | check not said to happen | to-infinitive | it | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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