Exam question 3 · In the news: deepfakes, fake robocalls and history gone wr…

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning legal proceedings brought by writers and newspapers against companies developing artificial intelligence.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, companies · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, bring, develop · To what, where: response, legal proceedings, artificial intelligence

This is exam question 3 of lesson 21 «In the news: deepfakes, fake robocalls and history gone wrong» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 proceedings	amod
13	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	11 concerning	obj
14	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 proceedings	acl
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 writers	case
16	writers	writer	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 brought	obl:agent
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 newspapers	cc
18	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 writers	conj
19	against	against	ADP	_	20 companies	case
20	companies	company	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 brought	obl:agent
21	developing	develop	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 companies	acl
22	artificial	artificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 intelligence	amod
23	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 developing	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	legal proceedings		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus proceedings=Experiencer
5	bring	participle		legal proceedings not said here		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
6	develop	gerund	companies not said here	artificial intelligence		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intelligence=Product

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

All proceedings have been decided in favour of the writers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 proceedings	det
2	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 decided	nsubj:pass
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 decided	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 decided	aux:pass
5	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 favour	case
7	favour	favour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 decided	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 writers	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 writers	det
10	writers	writer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 favour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present · perfect · passive		all proceedings		favour of the writers			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic
2	favour			the writers					nom favour «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

No such proceedings have ever been reported

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 proceedings	det
2	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 proceedings	amod
3	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 reported	nsubj:pass
4	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 reported	aux
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 reported	advmod
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 reported	aux:pass
7	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	present · perfect · passive		no such proceedings			ever		vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

All proceedings have been decided in favour of the companies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 proceedings	det
2	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 decided	nsubj:pass
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 decided	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 decided	aux:pass
5	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 favour	case
7	favour	favour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 decided	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 companies	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 companies	det
10	companies	company	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 favour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present · perfect · passive		all proceedings		favour of the companies			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic
2	favour			the companies					nom favour «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The courts have yet to settle what use of such works is fair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 courts	det
2	courts	court	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	yet	yet	ADV	_	3 have	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 settle	mark
6	settle	settle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 have	xcomp
7	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	8 use	det
8	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fair	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 works	case
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 works	amod
11	works	work	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 use	nmod
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 fair	cop
13	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 settle	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the courts		yet		tree rules
2	settle	to-infinitive	the courts not said here				vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	what use of such works			fair property	tree rules
4	use			such works			nom use «act 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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