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title: In a cartoon a robot dog is left without food for a month and still… — The future: hopes · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a robot dog is left without food for a month and still wags its tail. What does it show about robot pets? Test 4 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 righ
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# Test 4 · The future: hopes

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In a cartoon a robot dog is left without food for a month and still wags its tail. What does it show about robot pets?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** leave, wag, show · **To what, where:** robot dog, cartoon, tail

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a robot dog is left without food for a month and still wags its tail.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t4:1
# text = In a cartoon a robot dog is left without food for a month and still wags its tail.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	still	still	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	wags	wag	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present · passive |  | a robot dog |  | a cartoon | month | without food | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in cartoon=Location |
| 2 | **wag** | present |  | dog's tail |  |  | still |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |

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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 does it show about robot pets?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t4:2
# text = What does it show about robot pets?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | dog |  |  |  |  | about robot pets | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent what=Recipient about pet=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Cartoons always show real science

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t4:o1:1
# text = Cartoons always show real science
1	Cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Cartoons | real science |  |  |  | always *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent science=Recipient |

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

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They are not living animals and don't need care like real pets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t4:o2:1
# text = They are not living animals and don't need care like real pets
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **live** | present · progressive | They | animals |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme animal=Location |
| 2 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | They *not said here* | care |  |  |  | like real pets | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot care=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Robot dogs secretly eat at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t4:o3:1
# text = Robot dogs secretly eat at night
1	Robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Robot dogs |  |  |  | night | secretly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Real dogs can also live without food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t4:o4:1
# text = Real dogs can also live without food
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | can | Real dogs |  |  |  |  | without food | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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