Exam question 4 · Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages

Ascertain the proper treatment of a telephone number furnished by a chatbot as that of a friend.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, furnish, treat · To what, where: proper treatment, telephone number

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 treatment	det
3	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 treatment	amod
4	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 number	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 number	det
7	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 number	compound
8	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 treatment	nmod
9	furnished	furnish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 number	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 chatbot	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 chatbot	det
12	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 furnished	obl:agent
13	as	as	ADP	_	14 that	case
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 chatbot	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 friend	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 friend	det
17	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 that	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the proper treatment of a telephone number	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treatment=Topic
2	furnish	participle		a telephone number not said here	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	treat			a telephone number	nom treatment «act transitive»: of=patient

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

It is reliable if the chatbot repeats it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reliable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reliable	cop
3	reliable	reliable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 repeats	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chatbot	det
6	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 repeats	nsubj
7	repeats	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reliable	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 repeats	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					reliable property	tree rules
2	repeat a condition, not said to happen	present	the chatbot	it					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2

It ought to be shared with other friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shared	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 shared	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 shared	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 shared	aux:pass
5	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 friends	case
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 friends	amod
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	ought · passive		It				with other friends	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It ought not to be used, as it may have been invented

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 used	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 used	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 used	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	6 used	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 used	aux:pass
6	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 invented	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 invented	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 invented	nsubj:pass
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 invented	aux
11	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 invented	aux
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 invented	aux:pass
13	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 used	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	ought · passive		It					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	invent	may · perfect · passive		it					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 4

It may be relied upon without verification

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 relied	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 relied	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 relied	aux:pass
4	relied	rely	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	4 relied	obl
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 verification	case
7	verification	verification	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 relied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rely	may · passive		It				without verification	tree rules

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