Test 6 · ★★ · The essay the teacher spotted
"my essay about the time i was brave? just let the bot write one" What is the problem?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: essay, bot, my · What happens: be, let, write, essay · To what, where: bot, one problem
This is test 6 · ★★ 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 | _ | 3 essay | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 essay | nmod:poss |
| 3 | essay | essay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 brave | nsubj |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 time | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 time | det |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 brave | obl |
| 7 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 brave | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 brave | cop |
| 9 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 brave | punct |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 let | advmod |
| 12 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 brave | parataxis |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bot | det |
| 14 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 let | obj |
| 15 | write | write | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 let | xcomp |
| 16 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 problem | nummod |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 problem | punct |
| 18 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 21 problem | obj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 problem | cop |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 problem | det |
| 21 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 write | obj |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 brave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | my essay | time | brave property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | let in a quote | infinitive | the bot | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | write in a quote | infinitive | the bot not said here | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a | present | the one problem | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | essay in a quote | my | nom essay «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice
Bots aren't allowed to write about bravery
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 write | mark |
| 6 | write | write | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 bravery | case |
| 8 | bravery | bravery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 write | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Bots | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | write not said to happen | to-infinitive | Bots not said here | about bravery | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about bravery=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Only you know your real stories
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 know | advmod |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 know | nsubj |
| 3 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 stories | nmod:poss |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 stories | amod |
| 6 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 know | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | you | your real stories | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus |
Option 3
It's fine, made-up is better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 fine | advcl |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 up | punct |
| 7 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | compound |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 better | cop |
| 9 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 fine | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | participle | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | good property | tree rules |
Option 4
The bot will write a story about you exactly
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 write | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 write | aux |
| 4 | write | write | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 story | det |
| 6 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 write | obj |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 you | case |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 story | nmod |
| 9 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 4 write | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | future | the bot | a story | about you; exactly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent story=Recipient about you=Topic |
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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