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title: "why does the speaker keep getting nan's songs wrong, is it deaf" Be… — Voice assistants and recommendations · tree and pragmatics
description: "why does the speaker keep getting nan's songs wrong, is it deaf" Best answer? Test 1 of lesson 17 «Voice assistants and recommendations» 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 1 · Voice assistants and recommendations

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"why does the speaker keep getting nan's songs wrong, is it deaf" Best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** speaker, nan · **What happens:** do, keep, get, be, sing · **To what, where:** songs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 17 «Voice assistants and recommendations» 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/17-voice-assistants-recommendations/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:17-voice-assistants-recommendations:t1:1
# text = "why does the speaker keep getting nan's songs wrong, is it deaf" Best answer?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	does	do	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	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	deaf	deaf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	_
17	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | the speaker |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** *in a quote* | gerund | the speaker *not said here* | nan's songs |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | speaker |  |  |  |  | deaf *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **sing** *in a quote* |  | nan |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It hears perfectly well but just doesn't like her kind of music

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:17-voice-assistants-recommendations:t1:o1:1
# text = It hears perfectly well but just doesn't like her kind of music
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | It |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **like** | present · do-support |  | her kind of music |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot kind=Theme |

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

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It guesses words from sounds, and accents and noise trip it up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:17-voice-assistants-recommendations:t1:o2:1
# text = It guesses words from sounds, and accents and noise trip it up
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	guesses	guess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	accents	accent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	trip	trip	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | present | It | words |  | sounds |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
| 2 | **trip up** | present | accents and noise | noise |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It only understands young people's voices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:17-voice-assistants-recommendations:t1:o3:1
# text = It only understands young people's voices
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	understands	understand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | present | It | young people's voices |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is deaf, speakers have no microphones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:17-voice-assistants-recommendations:t1:o4:1
# text = It is deaf, speakers have no microphones
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	deaf	deaf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	speakers	speaker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	microphones	microphone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | deaf *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | speakers | no microphones |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent microphone=Patient |

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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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