Exam question 2 · Cars, doctors, scientists and translators
It is given that automatically generated captions misrepresent a spoken word. Identify the persons for whom the error is of greatest consequence.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that, you, error · What happens: give, generate, misrepresent, speak, identify, be · To what, where: It, spoken word, persons · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 2 of lesson 18 «Cars, doctors, scientists and translators» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that automatically generated captions misrepresent a spoken word.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 misrepresent | nsubj |
| 5 | automatically | automatically | ADV | _ | 6 generated | advmod |
| 6 | generated | generate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 captions | amod |
| 7 | captions | caption | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 misrepresent | nsubj |
| 8 | misrepresent | misrepresent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | parataxis |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 word | det |
| 10 | spoken | speak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 word | amod |
| 11 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 misrepresent | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | generate | participle | automatically property | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | misrepresent | present | that | a spoken word | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | speak speech: other | participle | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: Identify the persons for whom the error is of greatest consequence.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 persons | det |
| 3 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 whom | case |
| 5 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 1 Identify | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 error | det |
| 7 | error | error | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 consequence | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 consequence | cop |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 consequence | case |
| 10 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 consequence | amod |
| 11 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 whom | acl:relcl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the persons | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the error | of greatest consequence | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Viewers who are listening with the sound enabled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viewers | viewer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 enabled | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 listening | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 listening | aux |
| 4 | listening | listen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Viewers | acl:relcl |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 sound | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sound | det |
| 7 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 listening | obl |
| 8 | enabled | enable | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | present · progressive | Viewers | with the sound | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | enable | past | Viewers | tree rules |
Option 2
Persons who do not view the recording at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 view | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 view | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 view | advmod |
| 5 | view | view | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Persons | acl:relcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 recording | det |
| 7 | recording | recording | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 view | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 view | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not view | present · do-support | Persons | the recording | all | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer recording=Stimulus |
Option 3
Persons who produced the original recording
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 produced | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 produced | nsubj |
| 3 | produced | produce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 recording | det |
| 5 | original | original | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 recording | amod |
| 6 | recording | recording | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 produced | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | produce | past | Persons | the original recording | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recording=Result |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Viewers who are deaf and rely upon the captions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viewers | viewer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 deaf | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 deaf | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 deaf | cop |
| 4 | deaf | deaf | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 rely | cc |
| 6 | rely | rely | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 deaf | conj |
| 7 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 9 captions | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 captions | det |
| 9 | captions | caption | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 rely | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Viewers | deaf property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | rely | present | Viewers not said here | upon the captions | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent |
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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