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title: "telephone was scary, now it's normal, so AI's 100% fine, chill" Whi… — The future: fears, rules and your part · tree and pragmatics
description: "telephone was scary, now it's normal, so AI's 100% fine, chill" Which is wiser? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 6 · ★★★ · The future: fears, rules and your part

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"telephone was scary, now it's normal, so AI's 100% fine, chill" Which is wiser?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** telephone, AI, chill · **What happens:** be

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:25-future-fears-rules:t6:1
# text = "telephone was scary, now it's normal, so AI's 100% fine, chill" Which is wiser?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
12	AI	AI	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	chill	chill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	_
20	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	wiser	wise	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	18	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | telephone |  |  |  |  | scary *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | telephone |  |  |  | now | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *in a quote* |  | AI |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | chill |  |  |  |  | wise *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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Nothing should ever be invented again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:25-future-fears-rules:t6:o1:1
# text = Nothing should ever be invented again
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | should · passive |  | Nothing |  |  | ever; again |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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New things become normal, but we still watch the risks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:25-future-fears-rules:t6:o2:1
# text = New things become normal, but we still watch the risks
1	New	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	watch	watch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	risks	risk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | New things |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **watch** | present | we | the risks |  |  | still |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent risk=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, nothing new has ever caused any problem for anyone, ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:25-future-fears-rules:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, nothing new has ever caused any problem for anyone, ever
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present · perfect · passive | anyone | nothing |  |  | ever; ever |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer subject=Theme problem=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, the telephone is still too scary to use

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:25-future-fears-rules:t6:o4:1
# text = No, the telephone is still too scary to use
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the telephone |  |  |  | still | scary *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | to-infinitive | the telephone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=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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