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description: In a film, a famous voice on the phone tells a town that voting has moved to next week, and everybody obeys. What should the townspeople have done? Test 5 · ★ 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
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# Test 5 · ★ · In the news: invented court cases and an airline's chatbot

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In a film, a famous voice on the phone tells a town that voting has moved to next week, and everybody obeys. What should the townspeople have done?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** famous voice, everybody · **What happens:** tell, move, obey, do · **To what, where:** town, film, townspeople · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, a famous voice on the phone tells a town that voting has moved to next week, and everybody obeys.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:20-news-court-cases-airline:t5:1
# text = In a film, a famous voice on the phone tells a town that voting has moved to next week, and everybody obeys.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	voting	voting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl:relcl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	24	nsubj	_	_
24	obeys	obey	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | a famous voice on the phone | a town |  | a film |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent town=Recipient |
| 2 | **move** | present · perfect · passive |  | a town |  |  | week |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **obey** | present | everybody |  |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should the townspeople have done?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:20-news-court-cases-airline:t5:2
# text = What should the townspeople have done?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	townspeople	townspeople	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	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** | should · perfect · passive |  | the townspeople |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Obey, because nobody can ever fake the voice of someone famous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:20-news-court-cases-airline:t5:o1:1
# text = Obey, because nobody can ever fake the voice of someone famous
1	Obey	Obey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	fake	fake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	nmod	_	_
12	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fake** | can | nobody | the voice of someone |  |  | ever | Obey *vocative* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Check the official election office before believing it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:20-news-court-cases-airline:t5:o2:1
# text = Check the official election office before believing it
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	believing	believe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | the official election office |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent office=Theme |
| 2 | **believe** | gerund | you *not said here* | office |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Vote twice to be on the safe side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:20-news-court-cases-airline:t5:o3:1
# text = Vote twice to be on the safe side
1	Vote	vote	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the safe side |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Phone back the same number to ask

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:20-news-court-cases-airline:t5:o4:1
# text = Phone back the same number to ask
1	Phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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