--- title: "who even made this thing, aliens?" Best answer? — Sounding right and being right · tree and pragmatics description: "who even made this thing, aliens?" Best answer? Test 5 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [AI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/) / [Sounding right and being right](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Sounding right and being right "who even made this thing, aliens?" Best answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** make · **To what, where:** thing This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "who even made this thing, aliens?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t5:1 # text = "who even made this thing, aliens?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 3 even even ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 aliens alien NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** *in a quote* | past | | this thing and aliens | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Product | 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. *Sentence 2:* Best answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t5:2 # text = Best answer? 1 Best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 amod _ _ 2 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Aliens left it on Earth long, long ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t5:o1:1 # text = Aliens left it on Earth long, long ago 1 Aliens alien NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 9 ago ago ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | Aliens | it | | Earth | | ago, long *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on earth=Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Teams of people designed, built and trained it ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t5:o2:1 # text = Teams of people designed, built and trained it 1 Teams team NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 4 designed design VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 trained train VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **design** | participle · passive | | Teams of people | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 2 | **build** | participle | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **train** | participle | | it | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It appeared on the internet by itself ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t5:o3:1 # text = It appeared on the internet by itself 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 internet internet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | It | | | the internet | | by internet | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on internet=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} One child made it for a school project ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t5:o4:1 # text = One child made it for a school project 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make 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 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 project project NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | One child | it | | | | for a school project | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Material for project=Beneficiary | **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. 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