Exam question 1 · What is AI? Pattern-guessers, not people

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises contemporary artificial intelligence?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: contemporary artificial intelligence

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1 «What is AI? Pattern-guessers, not people» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	contemporary	contemporary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 intelligence	amod
10	artificial	artificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 intelligence	amod
11	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		contemporary artificial intelligence				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

Option 1

Recordings of answers composed in advance by human operators

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Recordings	recording	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 composed	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 answers	case
3	answers	answer	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Recordings	nmod
4	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 advance	case
6	advance	advance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 composed	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 operators	case
8	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 operators	amod
9	operators	operator	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 composed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	participle · passive	human operators	Recordings of answers		advance			vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

Option 2

Living organisms of electronic construction possessing their own secret intentions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 organisms	amod
2	organisms	organism	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 construction	case
4	electronic	electronic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 construction	amod
5	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 organisms	nmod
6	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 organisms	acl
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 intentions	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 intentions	amod
9	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 intentions	amod
10	intentions	intention	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 possessing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	gerund	Living organisms of electronic construction not said here	organisms's own secret intentions					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot intention=Theme
2	intend		organisms = organism						nom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Mechanical devices that comprehend the world as animals do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mechanical	mechanical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 devices	amod
2	devices	device	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 do	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 comprehend	nsubj
4	comprehend	comprehend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 devices	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 world	det
6	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comprehend	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 animals	case
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 comprehend	obl
9	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprehend	present	Mechanical devices	the world				as animals	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus as animal=Attribute
2	do	present	Mechanical devices						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Computer programs that derive patterns from very large quantities of examples

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 programs	compound
2	programs	program	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 derive	nsubj
4	derive	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 programs	acl:relcl
5	patterns	pattern	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 derive	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 quantities	case
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 large	advmod
8	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 quantities	amod
9	quantities	quantity	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 derive	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 examples	case
11	examples	example	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 quantities	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	Computer programs	patterns		large quantities of examples			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent pattern=Result from quantity=Material

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