Test 7 · ★★ · Why the bot agrees too easily
The bot says the next match is on 3 March, which already passed. What has happened?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bot, next match, 3 March · What happens: say, be, pass, happen · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: The bot says the next match is on 3 March, which already passed.
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 | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 match | det |
| 5 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 match | amod |
| 6 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 March | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 March | cop |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 March | case |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 March | nummod |
| 10 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 says | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 passed | punct |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 passed | nsubj |
| 13 | already | already | ADV | _ | 14 passed | advmod |
| 14 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 March | acl:relcl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the bot | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the next match | on 3 March | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | pass | past | 3 March | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 has happened?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happened | aux |
| 3 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present · perfect | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The match is played every 3 March
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 match | det |
| 2 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 played | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 played | aux:pass |
| 4 | played | play | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 March | det |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 March | nummod |
| 7 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 played | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present · passive | the match | march | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
The club moved the match into the past
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 club | det |
| 2 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moved | nsubj |
| 3 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 match | det |
| 5 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moved | obj |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 past | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 past | det |
| 8 | past | past | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past | the club | the match | the past | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent match=Theme into past=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Its information is out of date
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 information | nmod:poss |
| 2 | information | information | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 date | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 date | cop |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 date | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 date | case |
| 6 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Its information | date | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | inform | Its = it | nom information «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Time works differently for bots
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 works | nsubj |
| 2 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | differently | differently | ADV | _ | 2 works | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 bots | case |
| 5 | bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 works | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Time | for bots; differently property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for bot=Beneficiary |
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