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title: Jake asks about a spider "counting the shoes" and the bot says 16. W… — Stories, jokes and riddles with a chat… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jake asks about a spider "counting the shoes" and the bot says 16. What does that show? Test 7 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 7 · Stories, jokes and riddles with a chatbot

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Jake asks about a spider "counting the shoes" and the bot says 16. What does that show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jake, bot, that · **What happens:** ask, count, say, show · **To what, where:** shoes, 16 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake asks about a spider "counting the shoes" and the bot says 16.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:t7:1
# text = Jake asks about a spider "counting the shoes" and the bot says 16.
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	counting	count	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Jake |  |  |  |  | about a spider | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about spider=Topic |
| 2 | **count** *in a quote* | gerund | Jake *not said here* | the shoes |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the bot | 16 |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 16=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:* What does that show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:t7:2
# text = What does that show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	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 | **show** | present · do-support | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Spiders really do have 16 legs when they wear shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:t7:o1:1
# text = Spiders really do have 16 legs when they wear shoes
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · do-support | Spiders | 16 legs |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
| 2 | **wear** | present | Spiders *= spider* | shoes |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Spiders always wear eight shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:t7:o2:1
# text = Spiders always wear eight shoes
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | Spiders | eight shoes |  |  |  | always *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |

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

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Silly trick questions can confuse the bot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:t7:o3:1
# text = Silly trick questions can confuse the bot
1	Silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	confuse	confuse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confuse** | can | Silly trick questions | the bot |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bot=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The bot is right and Jake is wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:4-stories-jokes-and-riddles:t7:o4:1
# text = The bot is right and Jake is wrong
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the bot |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Jake |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

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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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