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description: Your mate says the "hold your breath" challenge is fine because "a bot said it's OK". What do you say? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 14 «Stop, think, check, ask» 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 5 · ★ · Stop, think, check, ask

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Your mate says the "hold your breath" challenge is fine because "a bot said it's OK". What do you say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, challenge, bot, you · **What happens:** say, hold, be · **To what, where:** breath · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 14 «Stop, think, check, ask» 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/14-stop-think-check-ask/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate says the "hold your breath" challenge is fine because "a bot said it's OK".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t5:1
# text = Your mate says the "hold your breath" challenge is fine because "a bot said it's OK".
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	_
10	challenge	challenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
13	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	OK	ok	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hold** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | your breath |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | challenge |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | a bot |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | bot |  |  |  |  | ok *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:* What do you say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t5:2
# text = What do you say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Film it so people can help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t5:o1:1
# text = Film it so people can help
1	Film	film	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **film** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | can | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Bots know best about safety, so go ahead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t5:o2:1
# text = Bots know best about safety, so go ahead
1	Bots	bot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | Bots |  |  |  |  | about safety; well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about safety=Stimulus |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | ahead *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Never try online challenges, whoever says yes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t5:o3:1
# text = Never try online challenges, whoever says yes
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	try	try	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	challenges	challenge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **try** | imperative | you *not said here* | online challenges |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent challenge=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | whoever |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Try it only for ten seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t5:o4:1
# text = Try it only for ten seconds
1	Try	try	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  | second |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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