Exam question 3 · What is AI? Pattern-guessers, not people
Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a chatbot that recounts its activities at the weekend.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, chatbot · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, recount · To what, where: response, chatbot, activities
This is exam question 3 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 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 consistent | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 consistent | cop |
| 6 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 response | acl:relcl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 facts | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 facts | det |
| 9 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 facts | amod |
| 10 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 consistent | obl |
| 11 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 facts | acl |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 chatbot | det |
| 13 | chatbot | chatbot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 concerning | obj |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 recounts | nsubj |
| 15 | recounts | recount | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 chatbot | acl:relcl |
| 16 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 activities | nmod:poss |
| 17 | activities | activity | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 recounts | obj |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 weekend | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 weekend | det |
| 20 | weekend | weekend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 recounts | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the response | with the established facts; consistent property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 4 | concern | gerund | the established facts not said here | a chatbot | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus chatbot=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | recount speech: other | present | a chatbot | chatbot's activities | weekend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent activity=Topic |
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 · ← Mova's choice
The account describes the activities of its designers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 account | det |
| 2 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 describes | nsubj |
| 3 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 activities | det |
| 5 | activities | activity | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 describes | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 designers | case |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 designers | nmod:poss |
| 8 | designers | designer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 activities | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present | the account | the activities of account's designers | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent activity=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The account is invented, the program possessing no personal life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 account | det |
| 2 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 invented | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 invented | aux:pass |
| 4 | invented | invent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 program | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 program | det |
| 7 | program | program | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 invented | obj |
| 8 | possessing | possess | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 program | acl |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 life | det |
| 10 | personal | personal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 life | amod |
| 11 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 possessing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | present · passive | the account | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | possess | gerund | the program not said here | no personal life | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot life=Theme |
Option 3
The account is drawn from the memory of a previous user
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 account | det |
| 2 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drawn | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 drawn | aux:pass |
| 4 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 memory | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 memory | det |
| 7 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drawn | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 user | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 user | det |
| 10 | previous | previous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 user | amod |
| 11 | user | user | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 memory | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | present · passive | the account | the memory of a previous user | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from memory=Initial_Location |
Option 4
The account is a faithful recollection of real events at the weekend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 account | det |
| 2 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 recollection | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 recollection | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 recollection | det |
| 5 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 recollection | amod |
| 6 | recollection | recollection | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 events | case |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 events | amod |
| 9 | events | event | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 recollection | nmod |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 weekend | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 weekend | det |
| 12 | weekend | weekend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 events | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the account | a faithful recollection | of real events at the weekend | tree rules |
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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