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title: A cartoon shows a bot doing 37 × 48 in its head and always being rig… — Stories, jokes and riddles with a chat… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows a bot doing 37 × 48 in its head and always being right. What should you think? Test 4 of lesson 4 «Stories, jokes and riddles with a chatbot» 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 4 · Stories, jokes and riddles with a chatbot

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A cartoon shows a bot doing 37 × 48 in its head and always being right. What should you think?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon, bot, you · **What happens:** show, do, be, think · **To what, where:** bot, 37, head

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This is test 4 of lesson 4 «Stories, jokes and riddles with a chatbot» 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/4-stories-jokes-and-riddles/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows a bot doing 37 × 48 in its head and always being right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:t4:1
# text = A cartoon shows a bot doing 37 × 48 in its head and always being right.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	37	37	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obj	_	_
8	×	×	SYM	SYM	_	9	case	_	_
9	48	48	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	16	advmod	_	_
15	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	cop	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon | a bot |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bot=Recipient |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | a bot *not said here* | 37 |  | cartoon's head |  | × 48 | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 37=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** | gerund | a bot *not said here* |  |  |  |  | always, right *property* | tree rules |

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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:* What should you think?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:t4:2
# text = What should you think?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | should | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Bots can't do sums at all, not even 1 + 1

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:t4:o1:1
# text = Bots can't do sums at all, not even 1 + 1
1	Bots	bot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	sums	sum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
12	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | can | Bots | sums |  | all |  | 1  1 *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only cartoons can do sums

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:t4:o2:1
# text = Only cartoons can do sums
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	sums	sum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | can | cartoons | sums |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That is true, bots are perfect calculators

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:t4:o3:1
# text = That is true, bots are perfect calculators
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	bots	bot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	calculators	calculator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | bots | perfect calculators |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Real chatbots can get big sums wrong, so check

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:t4:o4:1
# text = Real chatbots can get big sums wrong, so check
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	chatbots	chatbot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sums	sum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | can | Real chatbots | big sums |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sum=Stimulus |
| 2 | **check** | infinitive | Real chatbots *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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