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title: "it said it so confidently it HAS to be true" Your reply? — Sounding right and being right · tree and pragmatics
description: "it said it so confidently it HAS to be true" Your reply? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 3 «Sounding right and being right» 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 · ★ · Sounding right and being right

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"it said it so confidently it HAS to be true" Your reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, Your · **What happens:** say, have, be, reply · **To what, where:** it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 3 «Sounding right and being right» 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/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t1:1
# text = "it said it so confidently it HAS to be true" Your reply?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	confidently	confidently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	HAS	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	_
13	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | it | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  | confidently *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **reply** |  | Your |  |  |  |  |  | nom reply «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Yes, confident voices are never wrong about anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, confident voices are never wrong about anything
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	confident	confident	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | confident voices |  |  |  |  | about anything; wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, bots only ever sound sure when they are right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, bots only ever sound sure when they are right
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bots	bot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	sound	sound	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | infinitive | bots |  |  |  | ever | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | bots *= bot* |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, bots are always wrong when they sound confident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t1:o3:1
# text = No, bots are always wrong when they sound confident
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bots	bot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sound	sound	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	confident	confident	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | bots |  |  |  |  | always, wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sound** | present | bots *= bot* |  |  |  |  | confident *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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

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Sounding sure is a hint, not proof; check it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t1:o4:1
# text = Sounding sure is a hint, not proof; check it
1	Sounding	sound	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj	_	_
2	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hint	hint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **be** *speech: other* | present | Sounding | a hint and proof |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **check** | infinitive |  | proof |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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