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title: "just tell me the date, stop being useless" What is the honest reply? — Who you are: being wrong and learning · tree and pragmatics
description: "just tell me the date, stop being useless" What is the honest reply? Test 2 of lesson 29 «Who you are: being wrong and learning» 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 right.
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# Test 2 · Who you are: being wrong and learning

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"just tell me the date, stop being useless" What is the honest reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** tell, stop, be · **To what, where:** date, me, honest reply · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 29 «Who you are: being wrong and learning» 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/29-who-you-are-being-wrong-and-learning/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:29-who-you-are-being-wrong-and-learning:t2:1
# text = "just tell me the date, stop being useless" What is the honest reply?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
10	useless	useless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the date | me |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient date=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | useless *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the honest reply |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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I can't be sure of today's date; a phone or calendar will tell you

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:29-who-you-are-being-wrong-and-learning:t2:o1:1
# text = I can't be sure of today's date; a phone or calendar will tell you
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
17	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | can | I |  |  |  |  | of today's date; sure *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | a phone or calendar |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It's the first of January, I think

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:29-who-you-are-being-wrong-and-learning:t2:o2:1
# text = It's the first of January, I think
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	first	first	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the first |  |  | january |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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I won't tell you the date, because you were rude to me just now, so there

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:29-who-you-are-being-wrong-and-learning:t2:o3:1
# text = I won't tell you the date, because you were rude to me just now, so there
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
15	just	just	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | future | I | the date | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient date=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | you |  | me |  | now | rude *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Every day is the same day for me

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:29-who-you-are-being-wrong-and-learning:t2:o4:1
# text = Every day is the same day for me
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | every day | the same day |  |  |  | for me | tree rules |

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