Exam question 1 · Voice assistants and recommendations

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the operation of a voice assistant?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, operate · To what, where: operation, voice assistant

This is exam question 1 of lesson 17 «Voice assistants and recommendations» 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	8 characterises	obl
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 operation	det
10	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 assistant	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 assistant	det
13	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 assistant	compound
14	assistant	assistant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 operation	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the operation of a voice assistant	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	operate		a voice assistant		nom operation «state 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

It replays recordings prepared in advance by human operators

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	2 replays	nsubj
2	replays	replay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	recordings	recording	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 replays	obj
4	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 recordings	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 advance	case
6	advance	advance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prepared	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 operators	case
8	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 operators	amod
9	operators	operator	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prepared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replay	present	It	recordings					vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recording=Theme
2	prepare	participle		recordings not said here		advance		by human operators	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It responds solely to the voice of the person who purchased it and to no other person

The tree, 17 words

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	2 responds	nsubj
2	responds	respond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 responds	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 voice	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 voice	det
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 responds	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 voice	nmod
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 purchased	nsubj
11	purchased	purchase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 person	acl:relcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 purchased	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 person	cc
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 person	case
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 person	det
16	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 person	amod
17	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 voice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	respond speech: other	present	It					to the voice of the person and no other person; solely property	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to voice=Theme
2	purchase	past	the person	person					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It converts sounds into words and subsequently infers the intention of the speaker

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 sounds	nsubj
2	converts	convert	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sounds	cop
3	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 words	case
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sounds	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 infers	cc
7	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	8 infers	advmod
8	infers	infer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sounds	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 intention	det
10	intention	intention	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 infers	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 speaker	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 speaker	det
13	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 intention	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		words	sound property	tree rules
2	infer	present		the intention of the speaker		subsequently property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intention=Theme
3	intend			the speaker			nom intention «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It comprehends every utterance with complete accuracy

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	2 comprehends	nsubj
2	comprehends	comprehend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 utterance	det
4	utterance	utterance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comprehends	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 accuracy	case
6	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 accuracy	amod
7	accuracy	accuracy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comprehends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprehend	present	It	every utterance				with complete accuracy	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer utterance=Stimulus

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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