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title: "robots will do ALL my chores by next year, so i'm not tidying my ro… — The future: hopes · tree and pragmatics
description: "robots will do ALL my chores by next year, so i'm not tidying my room" Best reply? Test 1 of lesson 24 «The future: hopes» 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 right.
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# Test 1 · The future: hopes

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"robots will do ALL my chores by next year, so i'm not tidying my room" Best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** robots, i · **What happens:** do, not tidy · **To what, where:** chores, room

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This is test 1 of lesson 24 «The future: hopes» 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/24-future-hopes/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t1:1
# text = "robots will do ALL my chores by next year, so i'm not tidying my room" Best reply?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	ALL	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	chores	chore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	tidying	tidy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
17	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	_
20	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	21	amod	_	_
21	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | future | robots | my chores |  |  | year |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **tidy** *in a quote* | present · progressive | i | my room and Best reply |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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You never need to tidy if robots exist somewhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t1:o1:1
# text = You never need to tidy if robots exist somewhere
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	tidy	tidy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	exist	exist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **tidy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **exist** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | robots |  |  |  |  | somewhere *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Real home robots are still clumsy, so tidy your room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t1:o2:1
# text = Real home robots are still clumsy, so tidy your room
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	tidy	tidy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Real home robots |  |  |  | still | clumsy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tidy** | infinitive | Real home robots *not said here* | your room |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Robots will only tidy the rooms of children who wait for them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t1:o3:1
# text = Robots will only tidy the rooms of children who wait for them
1	Robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	tidy	tidy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wait	wait	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tidy** | future | Robots | the rooms of children |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | present | children |  |  |  |  | for Robots *= robot* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fair enough, robots are coming next week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t1:o4:1
# text = Fair enough, robots are coming next week
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present · progressive | Fair robots |  |  |  | week |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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