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title: "my dad's gonna lose his job cos of AI, i know it" What is the kinde… — The future: fears, rules and your part · tree and pragmatics
description: "my dad's gonna lose his job cos of AI, i know it" What is the kindest, truest reply? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 25 «The future: fears, rules and your part» 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 1 · ★★★ · The future: fears, rules and your part

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"my dad's gonna lose his job cos of AI, i know it" What is the kindest, truest reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, i · **What happens:** lose, know, be · **To what, where:** job cos, cos · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 25 «The future: fears, rules and your part» 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/25-future-fears-rules/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:25-future-fears-rules:t1:1
# text = "my dad's gonna lose his job cos of AI, i know it" What is the kindest, truest reply?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	dep	_	_
6	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	AI	ai	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	kindest	kind	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	truest	true	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	23	amod	_	_
23	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** *in a quote* | infinitive | my dad | dad's job cos of AI |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cos=Eventuality |
| 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | i | cos |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No job will ever change, don't be silly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:25-future-fears-rules:t1:o1:1
# text = No job will ever change, don't be silly
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | future | no job |  |  |  | ever |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | infinitive · do-support | no job *not said here* |  |  |  |  | silly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Don't tell your parents, it'll upset them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:25-future-fears-rules:t1:o2:1
# text = Don't tell your parents, it'll upset them
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	upset	upset	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  | your parents |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |
| 2 | **upset** | future | it | parents *= parent* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, all dads everywhere will lose their jobs soon, nothing to do about it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:25-future-fears-rules:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, all dads everywhere will lose their jobs soon, nothing to do about it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	dads	dad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | future | all dads | dads's jobs |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | all dads *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about it | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **job** |  | dads *= dad* |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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

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Some jobs change and people learn new skills; talk to your parents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:25-future-fears-rules:t1:o4:1
# text = Some jobs change and people learn new skills; talk to your parents
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	skills	skill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
10	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | some jobs |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **learn** | present | people | new skills |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Topic |
| 3 | **talk** | infinitive | some jobs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to your parents | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to parent=Co-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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