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title: The bird app says "owl" in the middle of a sunny afternoon in a busy… — Counting the AI in one ordinary day · tree and pragmatics
description: The bird app says "owl" in the middle of a sunny afternoon in a busy town. What should Chloe think? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 19 «Counting the AI in one ordinary day» 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 w
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# Test 8 · ★ · Counting the AI in one ordinary day

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The bird app says "owl" in the middle of a sunny afternoon in a busy town. What should Chloe think?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bird app, Chloe · **What happens:** say, think · **To what, where:** owl, middle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 19 «Counting the AI in one ordinary day» 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/19-ai-in-one-ordinary-day/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The bird app says "owl" in the middle of a sunny afternoon in a busy town.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:19-ai-in-one-ordinary-day:t8:1
# text = The bird app says "owl" in the middle of a sunny afternoon in a busy town.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	app	app	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 | the bird app | owl |  | the middle of a sunny afternoon in a busy town |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent owl=Theme in middle=Manner |

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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 should Chloe think?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:19-ai-in-one-ordinary-day:t8:2
# text = What should Chloe think?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	think	think	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 | **think** *speech: other* | should | Chloe |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It must be right, apps cannot mistake birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:19-ai-in-one-ordinary-day:t8:o1:1
# text = It must be right, apps cannot mistake birds
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	apps	app	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	mistake	mistake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | It |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **mistake** | can | apps | birds |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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It might be wrong, so check in a bird book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:19-ai-in-one-ordinary-day:t8:o2:1
# text = It might be wrong, so check in a bird book
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | might | It |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **check** | infinitive |  |  |  | a bird book |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in book=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Owls only sing when apps are listening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:19-ai-in-one-ordinary-day:t8:o3:1
# text = Owls only sing when apps are listening
1	Owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	apps	app	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | Owls |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **listen** | present · progressive | apps |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The owl must have followed the phone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:19-ai-in-one-ordinary-day:t8:o4:1
# text = The owl must have followed the phone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | must · perfect · passive |  | the owl |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme phone=Attribute |

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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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