Test 1 · ★ · Asking well, being polite, knowing when to stop
"i asked it to pinky promise to keep my secret and it did, so it's safe" Is it?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: i, secret · What happens: ask, keep, do, be · To what, where: it, secret, promise
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 8 «Asking well, being polite, knowing when to stop» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| 2 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 asked | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 promise | case |
| 6 | pinky | pinky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 promise | compound |
| 7 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 keep | mark |
| 9 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 asked | xcomp |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 secret | nmod:poss |
| 11 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 keep | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 did | cc |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 did | nsubj |
| 14 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 asked | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 safe | punct |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 safe | advmod |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 safe | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 safe | cop |
| 19 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 asked | ccomp |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 safe | punct |
| 21 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 it | cop |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 safe | obl |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask in a quote | past | i | it | to pinky promise | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | keep not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | i not said here | my secret | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme | ||||
| 3 | do in a quote | past | secret | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | secret | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is a | present | promise | 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.
The options
Option 1
Yes, bots have no memory at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 memory | det |
| 6 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 have | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 memory | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | bots | no memory | all | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Patient |
Option 2
No, but only on weekends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 weekends | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 weekends | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 weekends | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 weekends | case |
| 6 | weekends | weekend | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Yes, a pinky promise is binding for bots, just like for people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 binding | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 promise | det |
| 4 | pinky | pinky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 promise | compound |
| 5 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 binding | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 binding | aux |
| 7 | binding | bind | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 bots | case |
| 9 | bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 binding | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 people | punct |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 14 people | advmod |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 people | case |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 like | fixed |
| 14 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 binding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bind | present · progressive | a pinky promise | for bots; like people | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, chats may be stored, so don't tell bots secrets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 stored | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | chats | chat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stored | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 stored | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 stored | aux:pass |
| 6 | stored | store | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 tell | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 tell | advmod |
| 9 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 11 tell | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 tell | advmod |
| 11 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 stored | parataxis |
| 12 | bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 secrets | compound |
| 13 | secrets | secret | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | store | may · passive | chats | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not tell speech: assert | infinitive · do-support | bots secrets | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent secret=Recipient |
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