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title: "lawyers are smart, if a chatbot gave them cases they must be real"… — In the news: invented court cases and… · tree and pragmatics
description: "lawyers are smart, if a chatbot gave them cases they must be real" What do you say? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 20 «In the news: invented court cases and an airline's chatbot» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 1 · ★ · In the news: invented court cases and an airline's chatbot

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"lawyers are smart, if a chatbot gave them cases they must be real" What do you say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lawyers, chatbot, you · **What happens:** be, give, say · **To what, where:** cases, lawyers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 20 «In the news: invented court cases and an airline's chatbot» 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/20-news-court-cases-airline/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:20-news-court-cases-airline:t1:1
# text = "lawyers are smart, if a chatbot gave them cases they must be real" What do you say?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	lawyers	lawyer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	cases	case	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	_
18	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | lawyers |  |  |  |  | smart *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | a chatbot | cases | lawyers *= lawyer* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient case=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | must | lawyers *= lawyer* | cases *not said here* |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Even experts must check; it was reported the cases were invented

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:20-news-court-cases-airline:t1:o1:1
# text = Even experts must check; it was reported the cases were invented
1	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	experts	expert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cases	case	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | must | experts |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **report** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **invent** | past · passive |  | the cases |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Courts allow made-up cases if they sound good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:20-news-court-cases-airline:t1:o2:1
# text = Courts allow made-up cases if they sound good
1	Courts	court	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	allow	allow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	cases	case	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sound	sound	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | present | Courts | made cases |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **make up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sound** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Courts *= court* |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Chatbots only invent things for children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:20-news-court-cases-airline:t1:o3:1
# text = Chatbots only invent things for children
1	Chatbots	chatbot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	invent	invent	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | present | Chatbots | things |  |  |  | for children | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent thing=Result for child=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Lawyers can't be wrong about cases, so the cases must have been real

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:20-news-court-cases-airline:t1:o4:1
# text = Lawyers can't be wrong about cases, so the cases must have been real
1	Lawyers	lawyer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cases	case	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cases	case	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
12	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux	_	_
14	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	_
15	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | can | Lawyers |  |  |  |  | about cases; wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | must · perfect | the cases |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

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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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