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title: "bro's thinking of a number 1 to 32 and says i'll never get it in un… — Olympiad: thinking like a machine, Beb… · tree and pragmatics
description: "bro's thinking of a number 1 to 32 and says i'll never get it in under a million guesses lol. how many yes/no qs do i actually need" Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: thinking like a machine, Bebras puzzles ★★★» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: thinking like a machine, Bebras puzzles ★★★

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"bro's thinking of a number 1 to 32 and says i'll never get it in under a million guesses lol. how many yes/no qs do i actually need"

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** thinking, bro · **What happens:** say, not get, need, think · **To what, where:** thinking, million guesses, number · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: thinking like a machine, Bebras puzzles ★★★» 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/31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine:t1:1
# text = "bro's thinking of a number 1 to 32 and says i'll never get it in under a million guesses lol. how many yes/no qs do i actually need"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	thinking	thinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	flat	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	32	32	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	under	under	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
22	guesses	guess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
23	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	16	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
25	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	26	advmod	_	_
26	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	yes/no	yes/no	X	GW	_	12	ccomp	_	_
28	qs	q	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	flat	_	_
29	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
30	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
31	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	advcl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	27	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* | present | bro's thinking of a number |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **get** *in a quote* | future | bro's thinking of a number *= thinking* | thinking |  | million guesses |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 3 | **need** *in a quote* | present · do-support | bro's thinking of a number *= thinking* |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **think** *in a quote* |  | bro | a number |  |  |  |  | nom thinking «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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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6

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine:t1:o1:1
# text = 6
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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16

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine:t1:o2:1
# text = 16
1	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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5

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine:t1:o3:1
# text = 5
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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32

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine:t1:o4:1
# text = 32
1	32	32	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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