--- title: What would happen if people stopped learning anything because "AI wi… — The future: hopes · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if people stopped learning anything because "AI will do it"? Test 2 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/24-future-hopes/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [AI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/) / [The future: hopes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/24-future-hopes/) / t2 # Test 2 · The future: hopes What would happen if people stopped learning anything because "AI will do it"? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** people, AI · **What happens:** happen, stop, learn, do · **To what, where:** anything, it · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t2:1 # text = What would happen if people stopped learning anything because "AI will do it"? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 learning learn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 obj _ _ 9 because because SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 AI ai NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stop** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | people | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **learn** | gerund | people *not said here* | anything | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | future | AI | it | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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} They could not check whether the AI was right ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t2:o1:1 # text = They could not check whether the AI was right 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 AI ai NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **check** | could | They | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the AI | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Schools would become more important ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t2:o2:1 # text = Schools would become more important 1 Schools school NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | Schools | | | | | important *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} AI would stop making mistakes ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t2:o3:1 # text = AI would stop making mistakes 1 AI ai NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 mistakes mistake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | AI | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **make** | gerund | AI *not said here* | mistakes | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} They would become much cleverer than the AI without even trying ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t2:o4:1 # text = They would become much cleverer than the AI without even trying 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 cleverer clever ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 AI ai NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 without without SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 even even ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | They | | | | | clever *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **try** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | **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. 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