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title: Why is it fair to ask a bot "are you a bot?" — Sounding right and being right · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is it fair to ask a bot "are you a bot?" Test 10 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Sounding right and being right

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Why is it fair to ask a bot "are you a bot?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** be, ask · **To what, where:** bot · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t10:1
# text = Why is it fair to ask a bot "are you a bot?"
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	parataxis	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  | a bot |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bot=Recipient |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | a bot |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Bots are never allowed to answer that question

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t10:o1:1
# text = Bots are never allowed to answer that question
1	Bots	bot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Bots |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Bots *not said here* | that question |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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You have a right to know when you are talking to a machine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t10:o2:1
# text = You have a right to know when you are talking to a machine
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | You | a right |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient |
| 2 | **know** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | a right *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **talk** | present · progressive | you |  |  |  |  | to a machine | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to machine=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is rude and bots will refuse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t10:o3:1
# text = It is rude and bots will refuse
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	bots	bot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **refuse** | future | bots |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Asking makes the bot turn into a real person who can answer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t10:o4:1
# text = Asking makes the bot turn into a real person who can answer
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	xcomp	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | the bot |  |  |  | into a real person | tree rules |
| 3 | **turn** | present | the bot *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | can | a real person |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «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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