Exam question 4 · Using AI to learn, not to copy

Ascertain the conduct which constitutes the graver fault.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, conduct · What happens: ascertain, constitute · To what, where: conduct, graver fault

This is exam question 4 of lesson 10 «Using AI to learn, not to copy» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 constitutes	nsubj
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 conduct	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fault	det
7	graver	grave	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 fault	amod
8	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constitutes	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the conduct					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	constitute	present	the conduct	the graver fault					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fault=Pivot

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

Requesting a second explanation of a difficult topic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Requesting	request	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 explanation	det
3	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 explanation	amod
4	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Requesting	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 topic	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 topic	det
7	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 topic	amod
8	topic	topic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explanation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	gerund		a second explanation of a difficult topic					vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent explanation=Recipient
2	explain		a difficult topic						nom explanation «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

Making an honest error in a calculation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 error	det
3	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 error	amod
4	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Making	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 calculation	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 calculation	det
7	calculation	calculation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Making	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund		a honest error		a calculation			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset error=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Seeking the teacher's permission before using a tool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seeking	seek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 permission	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 teacher	case
5	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Seeking	obj
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 using	mark
7	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Seeking	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tool	det
9	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	seek	gerund		the teacher's permission	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Theme
2	use	gerund		a tool	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tool=Patient
3	permit		the teacher		nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Deliberately disguising the use of a chatbot to deceive the teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deliberately	deliberately	ADV	_	2 disguising	advmod
2	disguising	disguise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 use	det
4	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disguising	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 chatbot	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chatbot	det
7	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 deceive	mark
9	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 disguising	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 teacher	det
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 deceive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	disguise	gerund	the use of a chatbot	deliberately property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme use=Destination
2	deceive	to-infinitive	the teacher		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Patient
3	use		a chatbot		nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

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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