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title: Which of these is a chatbot good at? — Sounding right and being right · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of these is a chatbot good at? Test 8 · ★ 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 8 · ★ · Sounding right and being right

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Which of these is a chatbot good at?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t8:1
# text = Which of these is a chatbot good at?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of a chatbot | 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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Knowing when its joke hurt your friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t8:o1:1
# text = Knowing when its joke hurt your friend
1	Knowing	know	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	parataxis	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **hurt** | past | its joke | your friend |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Patient |
| 3 | **joke** |  | its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tying a knot in a rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t8:o2:1
# text = Tying a knot in a rope
1	Tying	tie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	knot	knot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | gerund |  | a knot |  | a rope |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knot=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Seeing what is outside your window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t8:o3:1
# text = Seeing what is outside your window
1	Seeing	see	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	1	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | gerund |  | your window |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | Seeing |  |  |  |  | outside your window | tree rules |

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

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Writing a clear explanation of a common idea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:t8:o4:1
# text = Writing a clear explanation of a common idea
1	Writing	write	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | gerund |  | a clear explanation of a common idea |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent explanation=Theme |
| 2 | **explain** |  | a common idea |  |  |  |  |  | nom explanation «communication intransitive»: of=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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