--- title: Your school uses British spelling, but the bot writes "color". What… — Asking well, being polite, knowing whe… · tree and pragmatics description: Your school uses British spelling, but the bot writes "color". What do you write? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 8 «Asking well, being polite, knowing when to stop» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [AI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/) / [Asking well, being polite, knowing whe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Asking well, being polite, knowing when to stop Your school uses British spelling, but the bot writes "color". What do you write? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** school, bot, you · **What happens:** use, write · **To what, where:** British spelling, color This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 8 «Asking well, being polite, knowing when to stop» 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/8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your school uses British spelling, but the bot writes "color". ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:t10:1 # text = Your school uses British spelling, but the bot writes "color". 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 British British ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bot bot NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 writes write VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 color color NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | Your school | British spelling | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spelling=Patient | | 2 | **write** | present | the bot | color | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent color=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What do you write? ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:t10:2 # text = What do you write? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} "colour", the spelling your school uses ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:t10:o1:1 # text = "colour", the spelling your school uses 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | colour and the spelling | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Whatever is shortest ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:t10:o2:1 # text = Whatever is shortest 1 Whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 shortest short ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Whatever | | | | | short *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} "color", because the bot said so ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:t10:o3:1 # text = "color", because the bot said so 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 color color NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bot bot NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the bot | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Both spellings in the same word ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:t10:o4:1 # text = Both spellings in the same word 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 spellings spelling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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