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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: thinking like a machine, Bebras puzzles ★★★

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The teacher says Robo had "one tiny bug": it drove the class cake off the table. How big was the problem really?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher, Robo · **What happens:** say, have, drive, be · **To what, where:** one tiny bug, class cake, table, big problem · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The teacher says Robo had "one tiny bug": it drove the class cake off the table.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine:t11:1
# text = The teacher says Robo had "one tiny bug": it drove the class cake off the table.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Robo	Robo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bug	bug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	off	off	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | past | Robo | one tiny bug |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bug=Patient |
| 3 | **drive** | past | teacher | the class cake |  | the table |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cake=Theme off table=Trajectory |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* How big was the problem really?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine:t11:2
# text = How big was the problem really?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the big problem |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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There was a real insect inside the robot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine:t11:o1:1
# text = There was a real insect inside the robot
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | a real insect |  |  | the robot; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside robot=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The robot chose to ruin the cake on purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine:t11:o2:1
# text = The robot chose to ruin the cake on purpose
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	ruin	ruin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | the robot |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ruin** | to-infinitive | the robot *not said here* | the cake |  | purpose |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing went wrong, it was only a joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine:t11:o3:1
# text = Nothing went wrong, it was only a joke
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Nothing |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | a joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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A small mistake in the steps made a big mess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine:t11:o4:1
# text = A small mistake in the steps made a big mess
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	mess	mess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | a small mistake in the steps | a big mess |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mess=Product |

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