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"Third" is the 4th word in that sentence. Do one of those other words not count or something?

• Domenic_S 4y ago
  I think they mean if you match the word itself as a string rather than interpreting the meaning of the word, e.g., "what word in this sentence === 'third'" I can sort of see how that could be a machine's interpretation if I squint really hard
  • throwaway17197 4y ago
    It could be understood as a (not very good) joke along the lines of this https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FoundX.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FoundX.svg
  • sergioisidoro 4y ago
    Exactly. And it happened multiple times on the original tweet, where it also replied "fifth" when asked for the fifth word of the phrase. https://twitter.com/DeanBuono/status/1636203814419308544 https://twitter.com/DeanBuono/status/1636203814419308544 Feels a bit too consistent of a mistake.
  • obloid 4y ago
    That may be what is happening. I rephrased the question and chatgpt got it correct. Q: which word occurs third in this sentence? A: The word "occurs" is the third word in the sentence "which word occurs third in this sentence?"