--- title: A sorting machine that asks yes-or-no questions one after another, e… — Olympiad: thinking like a machine, Bebras puzzle… · tree and pragmatics description: A sorting machine that asks yes-or-no questions one after another, each answer choosing the next question, is called a decision tree. Who acts: sorting machine, answer. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sorting machine, answer), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:ai:031-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine.lesson:10 # text = A sorting machine that asks yes-or-no questions one after another, each answer choosing the next question, is called a decision tree. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = ai # lesson = 031-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sorting sorting NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 machine machine NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 11 discourse _ _ 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 - - PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 11 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 flat _ _ 13 after after ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 12 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=11:nmod 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 choosing choose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 decision decision NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=24:obj 28 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a sorting machine | no questions | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | | 2 | **choose** | gerund | each answer | the next question | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Theme | | 3 | **call** | present · passive | | a sorting machine | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | 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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:ai:031-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine.lesson:10`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Olympiad: thinking like a machine, Beb…, 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine/9/) - next →: [Olympiad: thinking like a machine, Beb…, 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine/11/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/31-olympiad-thinking-like-a-machine/)