Test 3 · ★★ · The essay the teacher spotted

"my project says a volcano blew up in London in 1850, the bot said" What should Jake do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: project, volcano, bot, Jake, my · What happens: say, blow up, do, project · To what, where: London · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ 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	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 project	nmod:poss
3	project	project	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 volcano	det
6	volcano	volcano	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blew	nsubj
7	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 blew	compound:prt
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 London	case
10	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 blew	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 1850	case
12	1850	1850	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 blew	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 said	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bot	det
15	bot	bot	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 said	nsubj
16	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 blew	parataxis
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 do	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 do	obj
19	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 do	aux
20	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 do	nsubj
21	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 said	ccomp
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my project			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	blow up in a quote	past	a volcano	London	in 1850	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
3	say speech: assert in a quote	past	the bot			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	do	should	Jake			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
5	project in a quote		my			nom project «act transitive»: poss=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

Add a picture to make it believable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 picture	det
3	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Add	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Add	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	believable	believable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a picture					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Patient
2	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	picture				believable property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Keep it, because bots know their history

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 know	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 know	mark
5	bots	bot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 know	nsubj
6	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	advcl
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 history	nmod:poss
8	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	know	present	bots	bots's history					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer history=Stimulus

Option 3

Change the date to 1851

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Change	change	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 date	det
3	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Change	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 1851	case
5	1851	1851	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	imperative	you not said here	the date				to 1851	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Check it; there was no such eruption

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Check	obj
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 was	punct
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 was	expl
5	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Check	parataxis
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 eruption	det
7	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 eruption	amod
8	eruption	eruption	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 was	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here	it					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	be	past	no such eruption			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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