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title: A torch app wants your location. Why is that odd? — Stop, think, check, ask · tree and pragmatics
description: A torch app wants your location. Why is that odd? Test 6 · ★ 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 6 · ★ · Stop, think, check, ask

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A torch app wants your location. Why is that odd?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** torch app, that · **What happens:** want, be · **To what, where:** location

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A torch app wants your location.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t6:1
# text = A torch app wants your location.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	app	app	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a torch app | your location |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot location=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:* Why is that odd?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t6:2
# text = Why is that odd?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | odd *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Location makes the light brighter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t6:o1:1
# text = Location makes the light brighter
1	Location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	brighter	bright	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Location | the light |  |  |  | bright *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset light=Product |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A torch doesn't need to know where you are

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t6:o2:1
# text = A torch doesn't need to know where you are
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	ccomp	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | a torch |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a torch *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It needs it to find the dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t6:o3:1
# text = It needs it to find the dark
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	needs	need	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	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | It | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the dark |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dark=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Torches only work in some places, so it has to check first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:t6:o4:1
# text = Torches only work in some places, so it has to check first
1	Torches	torch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Torches |  |  |  |  | in some places | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in place=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **check** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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