Exam question 1 · Bots are not doctors, helplines are people

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the provision of dietary advice to a child by a chatbot?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dietary advice · What happens: follow, characteris, provide · To what, where: provision

This is exam question 1 of lesson 15 «Bots are not doctors, helplines are people» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Which	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 provision	det
10	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 advice	case
12	dietary	dietary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 advice	amod
13	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 provision	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 child	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 child	det
16	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 chatbot	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 chatbot	det
19	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the provision of dietary advice	to a child; by a chatbot; accurately property	tree rules
3	provide		dietary advice			nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=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

Such advice is equivalent to that of a qualified dietician

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 advice	amod
2	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 equivalent	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 equivalent	cop
4	equivalent	equivalent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 that	case
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 equivalent	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 dietician	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dietician	det
9	qualified	qualified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dietician	amod
10	dietician	dietician	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 that	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such advice					to that; equivalent property	tree rules

Option 2

Such advice is reliable provided it is courteously expressed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 advice	amod
2	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reliable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reliable	cop
4	reliable	reliable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 expressed	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 expressed	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 expressed	aux:pass
8	courteously	courteously	ADV	_	9 expressed	advmod
9	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reliable	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such advice		reliable property	tree rules
2	provide	participle				vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	express	present · passive		advice	courteously property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Such advice ought to be followed without consultation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 advice	amod
2	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 followed	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 followed	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 followed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 followed	aux:pass
6	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 consultation	case
8	consultation	consultation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	ought · passive		Such advice				without consultation	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Such advice may be unsuitable, children not requiring diets save on medical instruction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 advice	amod
2	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unsuitable	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 unsuitable	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 unsuitable	cop
5	unsuitable	unsuitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 diets	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 children	punct
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 unsuitable	obl
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 requiring	advmod
9	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 diets	amod
10	diets	diet	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 save	nsubj
11	save	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 instruction	case
13	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 instruction	amod
14	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 save	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	may	Such advice		children obl; unsuitable property	tree rules
2	not require	gerund				vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	save	present	unsuitable requiring diets	medical instruction		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on instruction=Source

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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