--- title: What would happen if you asked "tell me about dogs" instead of "list… — Asking well, being polite, knowing whe… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you asked "tell me about dogs" instead of "list five things a puppy needs"? Test 2 · ★ 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 choi --- [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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Asking well, being polite, knowing when to stop What would happen if you asked "tell me about dogs" instead of "list five things a puppy needs"? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, puppy · **What happens:** happen, ask, tell, need · **To what, where:** me, five things · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:t2:1 # text = What would happen if you asked "tell me about dogs" instead of "list five things a puppy needs"? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 13 instead instead ADV RB _ 16 case _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 17 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 puppy puppy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | me | | | about dogs; instead list five things | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent i=Recipient about dog=Topic | | 4 | **need** *in a quote* | present | a puppy | five things *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} You would get exactly the same answer ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:t2:o1:1 # text = You would get exactly the same answer 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | You | the same answer | | | | exactly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} The bot would refuse the short one ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:t2:o2:1 # text = The bot would refuse the short one 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bot bot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | would | the bot | the short one | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} You would probably get a vaguer answer ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:t2:o3:1 # text = You would probably get a vaguer answer 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 probably probably ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 vaguer vague ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | You | a vaguer answer | | | | probably *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The bot would ask your dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:t2:o4:1 # text = The bot would ask your dog 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bot bot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | would | the bot | | your dog | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient | **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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