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title: "bot said that nickname, not me, so i'm not mean" Is that right? — Asking well, being polite, knowing whe… · tree and pragmatics
description: "bot said that nickname, not me, so i'm not mean" Is that right? Test 5 · ★ 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.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Asking well, being polite, knowing when to stop

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"bot said that nickname, not me, so i'm not mean" Is that right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bot, i, that · **What happens:** say, not be, be · **To what, where:** nickname · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:t5:1
# text = "bot said that nickname, not me, so i'm not mean" Is that right?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	nickname	nickname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	_
16	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	nsubj	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | bot | that nickname |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nickname=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | i |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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You chose to use it, so it's on you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:t5:o1:1
# text = You chose to use it, so it's on you
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | You |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **be** | present | it |  |  |  |  | on you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on you=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, the bot is the one who is being mean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:t5:o2:1
# text = Yes, the bot is the one who is being mean
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	cop	_	_
11	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nobody can ever be blamed for nicknames

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:t5:o3:1
# text = Nobody can ever be blamed for nicknames
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	blamed	blame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	nicknames	nickname	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | can · passive |  | Nobody |  |  | ever | for nicknames | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for nickname=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, words from bots don't count at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:t5:o4:1
# text = Yes, words from bots don't count at all
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bots	bot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | words from bots |  |  | all |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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