Exam question 4 · Bots are not doctors, helplines are people
Ascertain the proper characterisation of an application purporting to permit conversation with a deceased celebrity.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, application · What happens: ascertain, purport, permit, decease, characterise · To what, where: proper characterisation, conversation, application
This is exam question 4 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 characterisation | det |
| 3 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 characterisation | amod |
| 4 | characterisation | characterisation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 application | case |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 application | det |
| 7 | application | application | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 characterisation | nmod |
| 8 | purporting | purport | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 application | acl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 permit | mark |
| 10 | permit | permit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 purporting | xcomp |
| 11 | conversation | conversation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 permit | obj |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 celebrity | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 celebrity | det |
| 14 | deceased | decease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 celebrity | amod |
| 15 | celebrity | celebrity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 permit | obl |
| 16 | . | . | 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 characterisation of a application | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Topic | ||||
| 2 | purport | gerund | a application not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | permit | to-infinitive | a application not said here | conversation | with a deceased celebrity | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conversation=Theme | |||
| 4 | decease | participle | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 5 | characterise | a application | nom characterisation «communication 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
A recording of answers prepared by the person in life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 recording | det |
| 2 | recording | recording | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 answers | case |
| 4 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 recording | nmod |
| 5 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 recording | acl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 person | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 person | det |
| 8 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 prepared | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 life | case |
| 10 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 person | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prepare | participle | a recording of answers not said here | by the person in life | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
A repository of the person's actual memories
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 repository | det |
| 2 | repository | repository | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 memories | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 memories | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 person | case |
| 7 | actual | actual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 memories | amod |
| 8 | memories | memory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 repository | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A means of genuine communication with the deceased
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 communication | case |
| 4 | genuine | genuine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 communication | amod |
| 5 | communication | communication | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 6 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 8 deceased | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 deceased | det |
| 8 | deceased | decease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 communication | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | A | of genuine communication | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | decease | participle | genuine communication not said here | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A program imitating the manner of that person, who is in no sense present
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 program | det |
| 2 | program | program | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | imitating | imitate | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 program | acl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 manner | det |
| 5 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 imitating | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 person | case |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 person | det |
| 8 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 manner | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 present | punct |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 present | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 present | cop |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 present | case |
| 13 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 15 present | det |
| 14 | sense | sense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 present | compound |
| 15 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 person | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | imitate | gerund | a program not said here | the manner of that person | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | that person | no sense present | tree rules |
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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