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title: Odd one out: which instruction can a robot NOT follow exactly? — Olympiad: thinking like a machine, Beb… · tree and pragmatics
description: Odd one out: which instruction can a robot NOT follow exactly? Test 7 · ★★★ 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 of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: thinking like a machine, Bebras puzzles ★★★

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Odd one out: which instruction can a robot NOT follow exactly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** instruction · **What happens:** not follow

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine:t7:1
# text = Odd one out: which instruction can a robot NOT follow exactly?
1	Odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
5	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	NOT	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
12	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **follow** | can | which instruction |  |  |  |  | exactly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Pick up the red block

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine:t7:o1:1
# text = Pick up the red block
1	Pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the red block |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent block=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Turn left once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine:t7:o2:1
# text = Turn left once
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	left	left	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | left, once *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Go forward 3 squares

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine:t7:o3:1
# text = Go forward 3 squares
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	squares	square	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | 3 squares |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Go somewhere nice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine:t7:o4:1
# text = Go somewhere nice
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
3	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | nice *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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