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title: "if nobody typed the answer how come it's right most of the time??"… — What is AI? Pattern-guessers, not people · tree and pragmatics
description: "if nobody typed the answer how come it's right most of the time??" Best reply? Test 4 of lesson 1 «What is AI? Pattern-guessers, not people» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 4 · What is AI? Pattern-guessers, not people

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"if nobody typed the answer how come it's right most of the time??" Best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nobody, you, answer · **What happens:** type, come, be · **To what, where:** answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 1 «What is AI? Pattern-guessers, not people» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/ai/1-what-is-ai/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "if nobody typed the answer how come it's right most of the time??"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:1-what-is-ai:t4:1
# text = "if nobody typed the answer how come it's right most of the time??"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
4	typed	type	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	_
12	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **type** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | nobody | the answer |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |
| 2 | **come** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | answer |  |  |  |  | most of the time *obl*; right *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:1-what-is-ai:t4:2
# text = Best reply?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It learned from huge amounts of text how answers usually go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:1-what-is-ai:t4:o1:1
# text = It learned from huge amounts of text how answers usually go
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	amounts	amount	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | It |  |  | huge amounts of text |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source how S»: agent=Agent from amount=Source clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | present | answers |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **amount** |  |  | text |  |  |  |  | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It copies each answer from one website

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:1-what-is-ai:t4:o2:1
# text = It copies each answer from one website
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	copies	copy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	website	website	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | present | It | each answer |  | one website |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Somebody secretly checks every answer first before you see it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:1-what-is-ai:t4:o3:1
# text = Somebody secretly checks every answer first before you see it
1	Somebody	somebody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nsubj	_	_
2	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	checks	check	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present | Somebody | every answer |  |  |  | first, secretly *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | present | you | answer |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is never right, it only looks right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:1-what-is-ai:t4:o4:1
# text = It is never right, it only looks right
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | present | it |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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**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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