Exam question 4 · Stop, think, check, ask

Ascertain the proper response to an application requesting access to the microphone and location without evident necessity.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, application · What happens: ascertain, request · To what, where: proper response, access

This is exam question 4 of lesson 14 «Stop, think, check, ask» 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 response	det
3	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 response	amod
4	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 application	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 application	det
7	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 response	nmod
8	requesting	request	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 application	acl
9	access	access	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 requesting	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 microphone	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 microphone	det
12	microphone	microphone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 requesting	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 location	cc
14	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 microphone	conj
15	without	without	ADP	_	17 necessity	case
16	evident	evident	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 necessity	amod
17	necessity	necessity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 requesting	obl
18	.	.	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 proper response				to a application	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic
2	request	gerund	a application not said here	access				to the microphone and location; without evident necessity	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent access=Recipient

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 right answer

Refusal of permissions not required, with the assistance of an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 required	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 permissions	case
3	permissions	permission	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Refusal	nmod
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 required	advmod
5	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 assistance	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 assistance	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 assistance	det
9	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 required	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 adult	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 assistance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not require	participle · passive	Refusal of permissions	with the assistance of a adult	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
2	refuse		permissions		nom refusal «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	assist		a adult		nom assistance «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Granting of permissions provided the application is popular

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Granting	granting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 provided	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 permissions	case
3	permissions	permission	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Granting	nmod
4	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 application	det
6	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 popular	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 popular	cop
8	popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	past	Granting of permissions						vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
2	is	present	the application					popular property	tree rules

Option 3

Granting of all permissions requested

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Granting	granting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 permissions	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 permissions	det
4	permissions	permission	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Granting	nmod
5	requested	request	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 permissions	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	participle		all permissions not said here					vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Removal of the microphone from the device

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 microphone	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 microphone	det
4	microphone	microphone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Removal	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 device	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 device	det
7	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 microphone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove			the microphone from the device					nom removal «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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