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title: Connor's brother is 6 and used a bot for reading homework. Why does… — School rules, honesty and wrong accusa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Connor's brother is 6 and used a bot for reading homework. Why does Connor tell Mum? Test 6 of lesson 11 «School rules, honesty and wrong accusations» 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · School rules, honesty and wrong accusations

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Connor's brother is 6 and used a bot for reading homework. Why does Connor tell Mum?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, bot, Connor · **What happens:** be, use, read, tell · **To what, where:** 6, bot, homework, Mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 11 «School rules, honesty and wrong accusations» 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/11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Connor's brother is 6 and used a bot for reading homework.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t6:1
# text = Connor's brother is 6 and used a bot for reading homework.
1	Connor	Connor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
12	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Connor's brother | 6 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | past | Connor's brother *not said here* | a bot |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bot=Patient |
| 3 | **read** | gerund | a bot *not said here* | homework |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Topic |

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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:* Why does Connor tell Mum?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t6:2
# text = Why does Connor tell Mum?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Connor	Connor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | Connor |  | Mum |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To get his little brother punished by Mum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t6:o1:1
# text = To get his little brother punished by Mum
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | his little brother |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **punish** | participle | his little brother *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by Mum | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because he wants the bot himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t6:o2:1
# text = Because he wants the bot himself
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | he | the bot |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent bot=Theme himself=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because Mum asked him to spy on his brother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t6:o3:1
# text = Because Mum asked him to spy on his brother
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	spy	spy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Mum |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **spy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Mum *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on his brother | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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So his brother actually learns to read well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t6:o4:1
# text = So his brother actually learns to read well
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	learns	learn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present | his brother |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **read** | to-infinitive | his brother *not said here* |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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