Exam question 4 · In the news: jobs, art and copying, children's safety

In respect of the reported contribution of artificial intelligence to the discovery of antibiotics, which of the following statements is most accurate?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: antibiotics · What happens: report, follow, be, respect, contribute, discover · To what, where: reported contribution, artificial intelligence, antibiotics

This is exam question 4 of lesson 22 «In the news: jobs, art and copying, children's safety» 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	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 contribution	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 contribution	det
5	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 contribution	amod
6	contribution	contribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 intelligence	case
8	artificial	artificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 intelligence	amod
9	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contribution	nmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 discovery	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 discovery	det
12	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 intelligence	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 antibiotics	case
14	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 discovery	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 accurate	punct
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 accurate	nsubj
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 statements	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 statements	det
19	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 statements	amod
20	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 accurate	obl
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 accurate	cop
22	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	23 accurate	advmod
23	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 antibiotics	amod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 respect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	report	participle				vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	antibiotics		of the following statements; accurate property	tree rules
4	respect			the reported contribution of artificial intelligence to the discovery of antibiotics		nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
5	contribute			artificial intelligence to the discovery of antibiotics		nom contribution «act transitive»: of=patient
6	discover			antibiotics		nom discovery «act 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 · ✓ the right answer

Candidate substances were identified rapidly, but rigorous testing remains necessary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Candidate	candidate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 substances	compound
2	substances	substance	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 identified	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 identified	aux:pass
4	identified	identify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	4 identified	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 remains	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 remains	cc
8	rigorous	rigorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 testing	amod
9	testing	testing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 remains	nsubj
10	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 identified	conj
11	necessary	necessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 remains	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	past · passive		Candidate substances				rapidly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme
2	remain	present	rigorous testing					necessary property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

All bacterial infections have consequently been eradicated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 infections	det
2	bacterial	bacterial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 infections	amod
3	infections	infection	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 eradicated	nsubj:pass
4	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 eradicated	aux
5	consequently	consequently	ADV	_	7 eradicated	advmod
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 eradicated	aux:pass
7	eradicated	eradicate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eradicate	present · perfect · passive		all bacterial infections				consequently property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Testing of medicines has thereby been rendered unnecessary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Testing	testing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rendered	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 medicines	case
3	medicines	medicine	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Testing	nmod
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rendered	aux
5	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	7 rendered	advmod
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 rendered	aux:pass
7	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rendered	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present · perfect · passive		Testing of medicines				thereby, unnecessary property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	test			medicines					nom testing «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The discovery was reported to be entirely fictitious

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 discovery	det
2	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reported	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reported	aux:pass
4	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	8 fictitious	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 fictitious	cop
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	8 fictitious	advmod
8	fictitious	fictitious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reported	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	past · passive		the discovery					vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	is	to-infinitive						entirely, fictitious property	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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