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title: "stop saying please to it, it's a machine, you muppet" What is the b… — Stories, jokes and riddles with a chat… · tree and pragmatics
description: "stop saying please to it, it's a machine, you muppet" What is the best reply? Test 6 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 right.
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# Test 6 · Stories, jokes and riddles with a chatbot

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"stop saying please to it, it's a machine, you muppet" What is the best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, it, muppet · **What happens:** stop, say, be, muppet · **To what, where:** it, machine, best reply · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:t6:1
# text = "stop saying please to it, it's a machine, you muppet" What is the best reply?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	please	please	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	muppet	muppet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	20	amod	_	_
20	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* |  | it |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to it=Recipient |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | a machine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **muppet** *in a quote* |  | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | muppet and the best reply | the best reply |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It's not for the machine, it keeps my manners in practice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:t6:o1:1
# text = It's not for the machine, it keeps my manners in practice
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	9	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for the machine | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present | machine | my manners |  | practice |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent manners=Theme in practice=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Saying please makes the answers longer and much better too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:t6:o2:1
# text = Saying please makes the answers longer and much better too
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	csubj	_	_
2	please	please	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	much	much	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	conj	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present | Saying | the answers |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset answer=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Machines cry when you are rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:t6:o3:1
# text = Machines cry when you are rude
1	Machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cry	cry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | Machines |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It will stop working properly if I'm rude to it even once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:t6:o4:1
# text = It will stop working properly if I'm rude to it even once
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | future | It |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **work** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I |  | it |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

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