Exam question 1 · In the news: tricked bots, real discoveries, careful words

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reported contribution of artificial intelligence to the study of carbonised ancient scrolls?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, report, carbonis, contribute, study · To what, where: reported contribution, artificial intelligence, carbonised ancient scrolls

This is exam question 1 of lesson 23 «In the news: tricked bots, real discoveries, careful words» 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	11 contribution	det
10	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 contribution	amod
11	contribution	contribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 intelligence	case
13	artificial	artificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 intelligence	amod
14	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 contribution	nmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 study	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 study	det
17	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 scrolls	case
19	carbonised	carbonis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 scrolls	amod
20	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 scrolls	amod
21	scrolls	scroll	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 study	nmod
22	?	?	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 reported contribution of artificial intelligence	of the following statements; to the study of carbonised ancient scrolls; accurately property	tree rules
3	report	participle			vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	carbonis	participle			tree rules
5	contribute		artificial intelligence		nom contribution «act transitive»: of=patient
6	study		carbonised ancient scrolls		nom study «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 · ← Mova's choice

It reconstructed the scrolls physically from their ashes by means of robotic instruments

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 reconstructed	nsubj
2	reconstructed	reconstruct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 scrolls	det
4	scrolls	scroll	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reconstructed	obj
5	physically	physically	ADV	_	2 reconstructed	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 ashes	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 ashes	nmod:poss
8	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reconstructed	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 means	case
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reconstructed	parataxis
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 instruments	case
12	robotic	robotic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 instruments	amod
13	instruments	instrument	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reconstruct	past	It	the scrolls		scrolls's ashes		physically property	tree rules
2	mean	present						of robotic instruments	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It composed new texts in place of those destroyed

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 composed	nsubj
2	composed	compose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 texts	amod
4	texts	text	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 composed	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 place	case
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 composed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 those	case
8	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	6 place	nmod
9	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 those	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	past	It	new texts		place of those			vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent text=Result
2	destroy	participle							vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It assisted in the detection of ink within scans, enabling the text to be read

The tree, 15 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 assisted	nsubj
2	assisted	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 detection	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 detection	det
5	detection	detection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assisted	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 ink	case
7	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 detection	nmod
8	within	within	ADP	_	9 scans	case
9	scans	scan	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 assisted	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 enabling	punct
11	enabling	enable	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 assisted	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 text	det
13	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 enabling	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	16 read	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 read	aux:pass
16	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 enabling	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	assist	past	It		the detection of ink	within scans	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	enable	gerund		the text			tree rules
3	read	to-infinitive · passive					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»
4	detect			ink			nom detection «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It established that the scrolls contained no writing

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 established	nsubj
2	established	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 contained	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 scrolls	det
5	scrolls	scroll	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 contained	nsubj
6	contained	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 established	advcl
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 writing	det
8	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contained	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	past	It						vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	contain	past	the scrolls	no writing					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot writing=Theme

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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