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title: The quiz says the capital of France is Rome. What can a pupil polite… — Cars, doctors, scientists and translat… · tree and pragmatics
description: The quiz says the capital of France is Rome. What can a pupil politely do? Test 9 of lesson 18 «Cars, doctors, scientists and translators» 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 9 · Cars, doctors, scientists and translators

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The quiz says the capital of France is Rome. What can a pupil politely do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** quiz, capital, pupil · **What happens:** say, be, do · **To what, where:** Rome · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 of lesson 18 «Cars, doctors, scientists and translators» 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/18-cars-doctors-translators/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The quiz says the capital of France is Rome.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:18-cars-doctors-translators:t9:1
# text = The quiz says the capital of France is Rome.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	quiz	quiz	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	5	det	_	_
5	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 | the quiz |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the capital of France | Rome |  |  |  |  | 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 can a pupil politely do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:18-cars-doctors-translators:t9:2
# text = What can a pupil politely do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | can | a pupil |  |  |  |  | politely *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Stay quiet so nobody gets embarrassed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:18-cars-doctors-translators:t9:o1:1
# text = Stay quiet so nobody gets embarrassed
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | nobody |  |  |  |  | embarrassed *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Write Rome, because the quiz says so

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:18-cars-doctors-translators:t9:o2:1
# text = Write Rome, because the quiz says so
1	Write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	quiz	quiz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | Rome |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rome=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the quiz |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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

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Say, "I think this answer is wrong"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:18-cars-doctors-translators:t9:o3:1
# text = Say, "I think this answer is wrong"
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | this answer |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Skip all the other questions too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:18-cars-doctors-translators:t9:o4:1
# text = Skip all the other questions too
1	Skip	skip	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** | imperative | you *not said here* | all other questions |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Agent |

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