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title: The airline bot "got it a tiny bit wrong" about refunds, a mate says… — Olympiad: claims, clues and tricky mes… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · Olympiad: claims, clues and tricky messages ★★★

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The airline bot "got it a tiny bit wrong" about refunds, a mate says. How big was the trouble really?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** airline bot, mate · **What happens:** get, say, be · **To what, where:** it, big trouble · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «Olympiad: claims, clues and tricky messages ★★★» 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/32-olympiad-claims-clues-and-tricky-messages/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The airline bot "got it a tiny bit wrong" about refunds, a mate says.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:32-olympiad-claims-clues-and-tricky-messages:t10:1
# text = The airline bot "got it a tiny bit wrong" about refunds, a mate says.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	airline	airline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	refunds	refund	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | the airline bot | it |  |  |  | about refunds | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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 trouble really?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:32-olympiad-claims-clues-and-tricky-messages:t10:2
# text = How big was the trouble 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	trouble	trouble	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 trouble |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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So tiny that nobody noticed it at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:32-olympiad-claims-clues-and-tricky-messages:t10:o1:1
# text = So tiny that nobody noticed it at all
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
5	noticed	notice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | past | nobody | it |  | all |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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So big that every airline had to stop flying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:32-olympiad-claims-clues-and-tricky-messages:t10:o2:1
# text = So big that every airline had to stop flying
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	airline	airline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | every airline |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | every airline *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **fly** | gerund | every airline *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tiny, since bots can never be blamed for anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:32-olympiad-claims-clues-and-tricky-messages:t10:o3:1
# text = Tiny, since bots can never be blamed for anything
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	since	since	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bots	bot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	blamed	blame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **blame** | can · passive |  | Tiny bots |  |  |  | for anything | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for anything=Attribute |

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

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Big enough that a tribunal made the airline pay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:32-olympiad-claims-clues-and-tricky-messages:t10:o4:1
# text = Big enough that a tribunal made the airline pay
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tribunal	tribunal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	airline	airline	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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

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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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