Test 1 · ★★ · The essay the teacher spotted

"teachers can't tell, the bot writes way better than me" Why might they tell?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teachers, bot · What happens: not tell, write, tell · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 9 «The essay the teacher spotted» 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	_	5 tell	punct
2	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tell	nsubj
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 tell	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 tell	advmod
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 writes	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bot	det
8	bot	bot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 writes	nsubj
9	writes	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tell	ccomp
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 better	obl:unmarked
11	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 writes	xcomp
12	than	than	ADP	_	13 me	case
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 better	obl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 tell	punct
15	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	18 tell	advmod
16	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 tell	aux
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 tell	nsubj
18	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 better	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert in a quote	can	teachers		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	write in a quote	present	the bot	good property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	might	teachers = teacher		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice

They can't, it's impossible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 impossible	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 impossible	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 impossible	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 n't	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 impossible	expl
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 impossible	cop
7	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	can	They					impossible property	tree rules

Option 2

They phone the bot company every time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 phone	nsubj
2	phone	phone	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 company	det
4	bot	bot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 company	compound
5	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 phone	obj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 phone	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	phone	present	They	the bot company			time		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent company=Recipient

Option 3

Teachers wear special AI glasses that show them who really wrote it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wear	nsubj
2	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 glasses	amod
4	AI	ai	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 glasses	compound
5	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wear	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 show	nsubj
7	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 glasses	acl:relcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 show	obj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 wrote	nsubj
10	really	really	ADV	_	11 wrote	advmod
11	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 glasses	acl:relcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wrote	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wear	present	Teachers	special AI glasses	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent glass=Source
2	show	present	special AI glasses	glasses = glass	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
3	write	past	special AI glasses	it	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They know how you write, and the bot's style is different

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 know	nsubj
2	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 write	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 write	nsubj
5	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 know	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 different	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 different	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bot	det
9	bot	bot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 style	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 bot	case
11	style	style	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 different	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 different	cop
13	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 know	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	know	present	They		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	write	present	you		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	the bot's style	different property	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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