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title: The map app sends you down a tiny lane and it's jammed too. Why? — Voice assistants and recommendations · tree and pragmatics
description: The map app sends you down a tiny lane and it's jammed too. Why? Test 8 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 right.
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# Test 8 · Voice assistants and recommendations

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The map app sends you down a tiny lane and it's jammed too. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** map app · **What happens:** send down, jam · **To what, where:** tiny lane, you, app

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The map app sends you down a tiny lane and it's jammed too.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:17-voice-assistants-recommendations:t8:1
# text = The map app sends you down a tiny lane and it's jammed too.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	app	app	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	jammed	jam	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
14	too	too	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send down** | present | the map app | a tiny lane | you |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination lane=Theme |
| 2 | **jam** | present · passive |  | app |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=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?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:17-voice-assistants-recommendations:t8:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The app wanted you to see the pretty countryside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:17-voice-assistants-recommendations:t8:o1:1
# text = The app wanted you to see the pretty countryside
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	app	app	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	pretty	pretty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	countryside	countryside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the app | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the pretty countryside |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer countryside=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tiny lanes are always faster than big roads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:17-voice-assistants-recommendations:t8:o2:1
# text = Tiny lanes are always faster than big roads
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lanes	lane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Tiny lanes |  |  |  |  | than big roads; always, fast *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The lane was built to hold traffic jams on purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:17-voice-assistants-recommendations:t8:o3:1
# text = The lane was built to hold traffic jams on purpose
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	jams	jam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past · passive |  | the lane |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **hold** | to-infinitive |  | traffic jams |  | purpose |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent jam=Theme on purpose=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It sent lots of other drivers the same way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:17-voice-assistants-recommendations:t8:o4:1
# text = It sent lots of other drivers the same way
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | It | lots of other drivers |  |  |  | the same way *obl:unmarked* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |

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