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title: It is given that a chatbot reports that the word "strawberry" contai… — Stories, jokes and riddles with a chat… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a chatbot reports that the word "strawberry" contains two instances of the letter r. Ascertain the correct number of such instances. Exam question 2 of lesson 4 «Stories, jokes and riddles with a chatbot» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 2 · Stories, jokes and riddles with a chatbot

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It is given that a chatbot reports that the word "strawberry" contains two instances of the letter r. Ascertain the correct number of such instances.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chatbot, word, two instances · **What happens:** give, report, contain, ascertain, instance · **To what, where:** It, correct number, letter r.

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 4 «Stories, jokes and riddles with a chatbot» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/4-stories-jokes-and-riddles/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:e2:1
# text = It is given that a chatbot reports that the word "strawberry" contains two instances of the letter r. Ascertain the correct number of such instances.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reports	report	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	strawberry	strawberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
15	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	instances	instance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	r.	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
21	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	ccomp	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	instances	instance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **report** | present | a chatbot |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **contain** | present | the word |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **ascertain** | infinitive | two instances of the letter r. | the correct number of such instances |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 5 | **instance** |  |  | the letter r. |  |  |  |  | nom instance «event transitive»: 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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One

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:e2:o1:1
# text = One
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|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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Two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:e2:o2:1
# text = Two
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|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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Three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:e2:o3:1
# text = Three
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|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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Four

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:e2:o4:1
# text = Four
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|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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