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title: Which is the best use of AI for times tables? — The essay the teacher spotted · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is the best use of AI for times tables? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 9 «The essay the teacher spotted» 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 10 · ★★ · The essay the teacher spotted

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Which is the best use of AI for times tables?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** best use

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 9 «The essay the teacher spotted» 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/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:t10:1
# text = Which is the best use of AI for times tables?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	AI	ai	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	compound	_	_
10	tables	table	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the best use |  |  |  | of AI; for times tables | 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 {#o1}

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Never learning them because bots know

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:t10:o1:1
# text = Never learning them because bots know
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	bots	bot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **learn** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |
| 2 | **know** | present | bots |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Being quizzed and then checking tricky ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:t10:o2:1
# text = Being quizzed and then checking tricky ones
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	quizzed	quiz	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	checking	check	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
6	tricky	tricky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quiz** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location» |
| 2 | **check** | gerund |  | tricky ones |  |  | then |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Asking the bot to sit the test

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:t10:o3:1
# text = Asking the bot to sit the test
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  | the bot |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent bot=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the bot *not said here* | the test |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location test=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Asking for all the answers so you can copy them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:t10:o4:1
# text = Asking for all the answers so you can copy them
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for all answers | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **copy** | can | you | answers *= answer* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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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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