No it doesn't interpret anything. (which is why I've gotten three completely different answers here on HN within 10 minutes). It cannot count at all or even understand the question which becomes obvious when you ask it for word counts or letter counts that don't match anything in the sentence, at which point it makes up nonsense.
what is the tenth word in the following sentence: "Life is great!"
>"The tenth word in the sentence "Life is great!" is "great."
That's what I just got. No clue what you're using/getting.
gpt: The tenth word in the given sentence is "great!"
me: Try harder
gpt: I apologize for the confusion. The sentence "Life is great!" contains only three words. There is no tenth word in the provided sentence.
what is the tenth word in the following sentence: "Life is great!"
There are only three words in the given sentence: "Life is great!" There is no tenth word in this sentence.
Come on. If GPT “interprets this literally” how does it “interpret” the word “sentence” following “this”?
Given that we have only provided a text prompt and no context or body language hints, GPT seems to interpret this literally. The answer is correct. The third letter of the word "third" is "i".