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title: Jake's bot says "rewrite this paragraph like this:" and gives a whol… — School rules, honesty and wrong accusa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jake's bot says "rewrite this paragraph like this:" and gives a whole new paragraph. What keeps it honest? Test 8 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 c
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# Test 8 · School rules, honesty and wrong accusations

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Jake's bot says "rewrite this paragraph like this:" and gives a whole new paragraph. What keeps it honest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bot · **What happens:** say, rewrite, give, keep · **To what, where:** paragraph, whole new paragraph · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake's bot says "rewrite this paragraph like this:" and gives a whole new paragraph.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t8:1
# text = Jake's bot says "rewrite this paragraph like this:" and gives a whole new paragraph.
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	rewrite	rewrite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Jake's bot |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **rewrite** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | this paragraph |  |  |  | like this | tree rules |
| 3 | **give** | present | Jake's bot *not said here* | a whole new paragraph |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paragraph=Theme |

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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:* What keeps it honest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t8:2
# text = What keeps it honest?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present |  | paragraph |  |  |  | honest *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Asking the bot to make it longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t8:o1:1
# text = Asking the bot to make it longer
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  | the bot |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bot=Recipient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | bot |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Pasting the bot's paragraph in where his used to be

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t8:o2:1
# text = Pasting the bot's paragraph in where his used to be
1	Pasting	paste	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paste** | gerund |  | the bot's paragraph |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paragraph=Patient |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **be** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **paragraph** |  | the bot |  |  |  |  |  | nom paragraph «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Taking the idea but writing it in his own words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t8:o3:1
# text = Taking the idea but writing it in his own words
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	writing	write	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund |  | the idea |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Theme |
| 2 | **write** | gerund |  | idea |  | his own words |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in word=Destination |
| 3 | **word** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Deleting his own paragraph

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t8:o4:1
# text = Deleting his own paragraph
1	Deleting	delete	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delete** | gerund |  | his own paragraph |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paragraph=Theme |
| 2 | **paragraph** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom paragraph «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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