Exam question 3 · Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning an application whose artificial companion expresses sadness when not consulted daily.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, express, not consult · To what, where: application, sadness

This is exam question 3 of lesson 13 «Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages» 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	17 expresses	nsubj
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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 application	det
13	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	16 companion	nmod:poss
15	artificial	artificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 companion	amod
16	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 application	appos
17	expresses	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	acl:relcl
18	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 expresses	obj
19	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	21 consulted	advmod
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 consulted	advmod
21	consulted	consult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 expresses	advcl
22	daily	daily	ADV	_	21 consulted	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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 application		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus application=Experiencer
5	express	present	the response	sadness		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sadness=Theme
6	not consult	participle	the response not said here		daily property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

The companion experiences genuine distress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 companion	det
2	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 experiences	nsubj
3	experiences	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 distress	amod
5	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 experiences	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	experience	present	the companion	genuine distress					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer distress=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The expression of sadness is a device to secure continued use

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 expression	det
2	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 device	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 sadness	case
4	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expression	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 device	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 device	det
7	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 secure	mark
9	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 device	acl
10	continued	continue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 use	amod
11	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 secure	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the expression of sadness	a device	tree rules
2	secure	to-infinitive		continued use	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition use=Theme
3	continue	participle			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The sadness is evidence of a real child elsewhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sadness	det
2	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 evidence	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 evidence	cop
4	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 child	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 child	amod
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 evidence	nmod
9	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	_	8 child	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the sadness	evidence				of a real child	tree rules

Option 4

The companion will cease to function if neglected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 companion	det
2	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cease	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cease	aux
4	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 function	mark
6	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cease	obj
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 neglected	mark
8	neglected	neglect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 cease	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	future	the companion	function					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality function=Eventuality
2	neglect a condition, not said to happen	participle	the companion not said here						vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

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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