Test 9 · ★ · Asking well, being polite, knowing when to stop
The bot writes a fact about a famous scientist, but mixes in a footballer with the same surname. What happened?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bot · What happens: write, mix, happen · To what, where: fact, footballer
This is test 9 · ★ 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: The bot writes a fact about a famous scientist, but mixes in a footballer with the same surname.
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 writes | nsubj |
| 3 | writes | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fact | det |
| 5 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 writes | obj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 scientist | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 scientist | det |
| 8 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 scientist | amod |
| 9 | scientist | scientist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fact | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mixes | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 mixes | cc |
| 12 | mixes | mix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 writes | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 footballer | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 footballer | det |
| 15 | footballer | footballer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 mixes | obl |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 surname | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 surname | det |
| 18 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 surname | amod |
| 19 | surname | surname | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 mixes | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 writes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | the bot | a fact | about a famous scientist | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent fact=Recipient about scientist=Topic | |||
| 2 | mix | present | the bot not said here | a footballer | with the same surname | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with surname=Co-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 happened?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Similar names blended in its patterns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Similar | similar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 names | amod |
| 2 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | blended | blend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 names | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 patterns | case |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 patterns | nmod:poss |
| 6 | patterns | pattern | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 blended | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blend | participle | Similar names not said here | its patterns | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | pattern | its = it | nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The footballer invented science
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 footballer | det |
| 2 | footballer | footballer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 invented | nsubj |
| 3 | invented | invent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 invented | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | past | the footballer | science | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent science=Result |
Option 3
The scientist also played football for a famous team
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 scientist | det |
| 2 | scientist | scientist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 played | nsubj |
| 3 | also | also | ADV | _ | 4 played | advmod |
| 4 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 played | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 team | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 team | det |
| 8 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 team | amod |
| 9 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 played | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | past | the scientist | football | for a famous team | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent football=Theme for team=Eventuality |
Option 4
The bot is joking on purpose
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 joking | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 joking | aux |
| 4 | joking | joke | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 purpose | case |
| 6 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 joking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | joke speech: other | present · progressive | the bot | purpose | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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