--- title: Sam says self-driving buses should start tomorrow. What is the wise… — The future: hopes · tree and pragmatics description: Sam says self-driving buses should start tomorrow. What is the wise answer? Test 7 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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · The future: hopes Sam says self-driving buses should start tomorrow. What is the wise answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sam, driving buses, wise answer · **What happens:** say, drive, start, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Sam says self-driving buses should start tomorrow. ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t7:1 # text = Sam says self-driving buses should start tomorrow. 1 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 driving drive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 buses bus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 9 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Sam | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **drive** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **start** | should | driving buses | | | | tomorrow | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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. *Sentence 2:* What is the wise answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t7:2 # text = What is the wise answer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the wise answer | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} No, buses can never be made safer ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t7:o1:1 # text = No, buses can never be made safer 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 buses bus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 safer safe ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **make** | can · passive | | buses | | | | safe *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, but only on rainy days ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t7:o2:1 # text = Yes, but only on rainy days 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 rainy rainy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} New technology must be proven safe before it's everywhere ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t7:o3:1 # text = New technology must be proven safe before it's everywhere 1 New new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 technology technology NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 proven prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 before before SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | must · passive | | New technology | | | | safe *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **be** | present | technology | | | | | everywhere *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, because self-driving buses could never hurt anyone at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t7:o4:1 # text = Yes, because self-driving buses could never hurt anyone at all 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 4 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 driving drive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 buses bus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 obj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **hurt** | could | driving buses | anyone | | all | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Patient | **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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