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description: What would happen if Sam pushed the bot by asking "are you sure? really sure?" about 2 + 2? Test 2 · ★ 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 2 · ★ · Sounding right and being right

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What would happen if Sam pushed the bot by asking "are you sure? really sure?" about 2 + 2?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sam, you · **What happens:** happen, push, ask, be · **To what, where:** bot, 2 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t2:1
# text = What would happen if Sam pushed the bot by asking "are you sure? really sure?" about 2 + 2?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
16	really	really	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
20	about	about	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	obl	_	_
22	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	23	cc	_	_
23	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **push** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Sam | the bot |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bot=Theme |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Sam *not said here* | 2 |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | sure *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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It would turn itself off in anger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t2:o1:1
# text = It would turn itself off in anger
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn off** | would | It | itself *= it* |  | anger |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent itself=Patient |

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

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Some bots might give in, which is a warning sign

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t2:o2:1
# text = Some bots might give in, which is a warning sign
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	bots	bot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give in** | might | some bots |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a warning sign |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It would phone Sam's teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t2:o3:1
# text = It would phone Sam's teacher
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	phone	phone	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **phone** | would | It |  | Sam's teacher |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It would always prove 2 + 2 = 4 with a drawing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t2:o4:1
# text = It would always prove 2 + 2 = 4 with a drawing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
6	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	7	cc	_	_
7	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	conj	_	_
8	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	9	case	_	_
9	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | would | It | 2 |  |  |  | = 4; with a drawing; always *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2=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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