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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: claims, clues and tricky messages ★★★

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"I asked 'is 2 + 2 = 5?' and the bot said 'Great question!' lol" What does the praise tell you?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** praise, bot · **What happens:** ask, be, say, tell · **To what, where:** 2, Great question, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:32-olympiad-claims-clues-and-tricky-messages:t9:1
# text = "I asked 'is 2 + 2 = 5?' and the bot said 'Great question!' lol" What does the praise tell you?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
7	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	8	cc	_	_
8	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	conj	_	_
9	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	10	case	_	_
10	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
17	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
22	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	28	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	28	punct	_	_
24	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	28	obj	_	_
25	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	ccomp	_	_
29	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	28	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | the praise *= praise* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | 2 |  |  |  | = 5 | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the bot | Great question |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the praise |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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That the bot is about to say yes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:32-olympiad-claims-clues-and-tricky-messages:t9:o1:1
# text = That the bot is about to say yes
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that bot |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | that bot *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That it is the best question ever asked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:32-olympiad-claims-clues-and-tricky-messages:t9:o2:1
# text = That it is the best question ever asked
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
8	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | That | the best question |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the best question *not said here* |  |  |  | ever |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Nothing: it is a habit, not a judgement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:32-olympiad-claims-clues-and-tricky-messages:t9:o3:1
# text = Nothing: it is a habit, not a judgement
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	judgement	judgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a habit and a judgement |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That 2 + 2 really does make 5

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:32-olympiad-claims-clues-and-tricky-messages:t9:o4:1
# text = That 2 + 2 really does make 5
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
3	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	4	cc	_	_
4	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · do-support | that 2 | 5 |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset 5=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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