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title: Which sentence about these stories is said in the careful news way? — In the news: invented court cases and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which sentence about these stories is said in the careful news way? Test 6 · ★ 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★ · In the news: invented court cases and an airline's chatbot

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Which sentence about these stories is said in the careful news way?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** sentence, careful news way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:20-news-court-cases-airline:t6:1
# text = Which sentence about these stories is said in the careful news way?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | which sentence about this stories |  | the careful news way |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in way=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A chatbot definitely tricked every lawyer in America

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:20-news-court-cases-airline:t6:o1:1
# text = A chatbot definitely tricked every lawyer in America
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	lawyer	lawyer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | a chatbot | every lawyer |  | America |  | definitely *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lawyer=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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My cousin says chatbots ruin courts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:20-news-court-cases-airline:t6:o2:1
# text = My cousin says chatbots ruin courts
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	chatbots	chatbot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ruin	ruin	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	courts	court	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | My cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **ruin** | present | chatbots | courts |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Chatbots always invent cases for lawyers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:20-news-court-cases-airline:t6:o3:1
# text = Chatbots always invent cases for lawyers
1	Chatbots	chatbot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	invent	invent	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cases	case	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lawyers	lawyer	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 | cases |  |  |  | for lawyers; always *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent case=Result for lawyer=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It was reported that a chatbot invented court cases

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:20-news-court-cases-airline:t6:o4:1
# text = It was reported that a chatbot invented court cases
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	cases	case	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **invent** | participle |  | a chatbot *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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