Exam question 4 · Counting the AI in one ordinary day

In respect of a text message purporting to originate from a bank and concerning a blocked payment, which course of action is most prudent?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: text message · What happens: purport, originate, concern, block, be, respect · To what, where: bank, blocked payment, respect, text message

This is exam question 4 of lesson 19 «Counting the AI in one ordinary day» 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 prudent	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 message	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 message	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 message	compound
6	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
7	purporting	purport	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 message	acl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 originate	mark
9	originate	originate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 purporting	xcomp
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 bank	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bank	det
12	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 originate	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 concerning	cc
14	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 purporting	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 payment	det
16	blocked	block	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 payment	amod
17	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 concerning	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 course	punct
19	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	20 course	det
20	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 payment	appos
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 action	case
22	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 course	nmod
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 prudent	cop
24	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	25 prudent	advmod
25	prudent	prudent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	25 prudent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	purport	gerund	a text message not said here				tree rules
2	originate	to-infinitive	a text message not said here		a bank		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	concern	gerund	a text message not said here	a blocked payment			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus payment=Experiencer
4	block	participle					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
5	is	present			respect of a text message	prudent property	tree rules
6	respect			a text message			nom respect «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer

Verification by means of the bank's own application or known telephone number

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Verification	verification	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
2	by	by	ADP	_	1 Verification	fixed
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 application	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bank	det
6	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 application	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 bank	case
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 application	amod
9	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 number	cc
11	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 number	amod
12	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 number	compound
13	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 application	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Verification	of the bank's own application or known telephone number	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	know	participle			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	apply		the bank		nom application «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Immediate use of the hyperlink contained in the message

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 use	amod
2	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 hyperlink	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hyperlink	det
5	hyperlink	hyperlink	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	nmod
6	contained	contain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hyperlink	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 message	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 message	det
9	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	participle		the hyperlink not said here		the message			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in message=Location
2	use			the hyperlink					nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Transmission of the card number in reply to the message

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Transmission	Transmission	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 number	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 number	det
4	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 number	compound
5	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Transmission	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 reply	case
7	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 number	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 message	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 message	det
10	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reply	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Disregard of all communications from any bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disregard	disregard	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 communications	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 communications	det
4	communications	communication	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Disregard	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 bank	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 bank	det
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 communications	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard			all communications from any bank					nom disregard «cognition 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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