Test 3 · ★ · Asking well, being polite, knowing when to stop
Your mate calls the bot "Gerald" and insists that's its real name. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, that · What happens: call, insist, be · To what, where: bot, real name · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Your mate calls the bot "Gerald" and insists that's its real name.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 calls | nsubj |
| 3 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bot | det |
| 5 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 calls | obj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Gerald | punct |
| 7 | Gerald | Gerald | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 bot | appos |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Gerald | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 insists | cc |
| 10 | insists | insist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 calls | conj |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 name | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 name | cop |
| 13 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 name | nmod:poss |
| 14 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 name | amod |
| 15 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 insists | ccomp |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | Your mate | the bot | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bot=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | insist speech: other | present | Your mate not said here | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | that | mate's real name | 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.
Sentence 2: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
All bots are secretly called Gerald
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 bots | det |
| 2 | bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 called | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 called | aux:pass |
| 4 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 5 called | advmod |
| 5 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | Gerald | Gerald | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 called | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present · passive | all bots | secretly property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 2
Bots change their names every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 change | nsubj |
| 2 | change | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 names | nmod:poss |
| 4 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 change | obj |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 day | det |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 change | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | Bots | Bots's names | day | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient | |||
| 2 | name | Bots = bot | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Gerald is its secret birth name that it told him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerald | Gerald | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 name | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 name | cop |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 name | nmod:poss |
| 4 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 name | amod |
| 5 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 name | compound |
| 6 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 told | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 told | nsubj |
| 9 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 name | parataxis |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 told | iobj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Gerald | its secret birth name | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | name | Gerald | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Its only name is a product name; Gerald is a nickname
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 | 3 name | nmod:poss |
| 2 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 name | amod |
| 3 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 name | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 name | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 name | det |
| 6 | product | product | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 name | compound |
| 7 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 nickname | punct |
| 9 | Gerald | Gerald | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 nickname | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 nickname | cop |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 nickname | det |
| 12 | nickname | nickname | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 name | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Its only name | a product name and a nickname | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | Gerald | a nickname | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | name | Its = it | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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