Test 8 · What is AI? Pattern-guessers, not people

Which is the best way to test whether the phone is "reading your mind"?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phone, your · What happens: be, test, read, mind · To what, where: best way, mind

This is test 8 of lesson 1 «What is AI? Pattern-guessers, not people» of the AI course of Mova's primary school. 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	5 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 test	mark
7	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	13 reading	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 phone	det
10	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reading	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 reading	aux
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 reading	punct
13	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 test	advcl
14	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mind	nmod:poss
15	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reading	obj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 reading	punct
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present		the best way	tree rules
2	test	to-infinitive			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	read in a quote	present · progressive	the phone	your mind	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Topic
4	mind in a quote		your		nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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

Turn the phone off and on again to reset its guesses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 phone	det
3	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	1 Turn	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 on	cc
6	on	on	ADV	_	1 Turn	conj
7	again	again	ADV	_	1 Turn	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 reset	mark
9	reset	reset	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Turn	advcl
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 guesses	nmod:poss
11	guesses	guess	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 reset	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	turn off	imperative	you not said here	the phone	again	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent phone=Patient
2	reset	to-infinitive	you not said here	phone's guesses		tree rules
3	guess		phone			nom guess «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Think very hard about a word and watch the screen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Think	think	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 hard	advmod
3	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Think	advmod
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 word	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Think	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 watch	cc
8	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Think	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 screen	det
10	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 watch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	imperative	you not said here					about a word; hard property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about word=Topic
2	watch	infinitive	you not said here	the screen					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent screen=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Type something surprising and see it guess wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Type	type	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Type	obj
3	surprising	surprising	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 something	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 see	cc
5	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Type	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 see	obj
7	guess	guess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 see	xcomp
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 guess	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	type	imperative	you not said here	something		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2	see	infinitive	you not said here	it		tree rules
3	guess	infinitive			wrong property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Ask the phone politely whether it can read your mind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 phone	det
3	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	politely	politely	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod
5	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	8 read	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 read	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 read	aux
8	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	advcl
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mind	nmod:poss
10	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 read	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the phone	politely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent phone=Recipient
2	read	can	phone	your mind		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Topic
3	mind		your			nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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