Exam question 2 · The future: fears, rules and your part
It is given that artificial intelligence may assist in reducing energy consumption. Identify the further consideration most consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: artificial intelligence, you · What happens: give, assist, reduce, identify, establish · To what, where: It, energy consumption, further consideration
This is exam question 2 of lesson 25 «The future: fears, rules and your part» 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 artificial intelligence may assist in reducing energy consumption.
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 | SCONJ | _ | 8 assist | mark |
| 5 | artificial | artificial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 intelligence | amod |
| 6 | intelligence | intelligence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 assist | nsubj |
| 7 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 assist | aux |
| 8 | assist | assist | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 10 reducing | mark |
| 10 | reducing | reduce | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 assist | advcl |
| 11 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 consumption | compound |
| 12 | consumption | consumption | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 reducing | obj |
| 13 | . | . | 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 | assist | may | artificial intelligence | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | reduce | gerund | artificial intelligence not said here | energy consumption | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer consumption=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.
Sentence 2: Identify the further consideration most consistent with the established facts.
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 | 4 consideration | det |
| 3 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 consideration | amod |
| 4 | consideration | consideration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 6 consistent | advmod |
| 6 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 consideration | amod |
| 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 | . | . | 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 further consideration | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consideration=Theme | ||||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Artificial intelligence alters the climate directly by command of its operators
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artificial | artificial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 intelligence | amod |
| 2 | intelligence | intelligence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 alters | nsubj |
| 3 | alters | alter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 climate | det |
| 5 | climate | climate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 alters | obj |
| 6 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 3 alters | advmod |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 command | case |
| 8 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 alters | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 operators | case |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 operators | nmod:poss |
| 11 | operators | operator | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 command | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | alter | present | Artificial intelligence | the climate | by command of intelligence's operators; directly property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent climate=Patient | |||
| 2 | command | intelligence's operators | nom command «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
Artificial intelligence consumes no energy whatsoever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artificial | artificial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 intelligence | amod |
| 2 | intelligence | intelligence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 consumes | nsubj |
| 3 | consumes | consume | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 energy | det |
| 5 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 consumes | obj |
| 6 | whatsoever | whatsoever | ADV | _ | 3 consumes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consume | present | Artificial intelligence | no energy | whatsoever property | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Asset |
Option 3
Artificial intelligence is unrelated to questions of energy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artificial | artificial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 intelligence | amod |
| 2 | intelligence | intelligence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 unrelated | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 unrelated | cop |
| 4 | unrelated | unrelated | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 questions | case |
| 6 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 unrelated | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 energy | case |
| 8 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 questions | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Artificial intelligence | to questions of energy; unrelated property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | question | energy | nom question «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Artificial intelligence itself consumes considerable quantities of energy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artificial | artificial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 intelligence | amod |
| 2 | intelligence | intelligence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consumes | nsubj |
| 3 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 2 intelligence | nmod:unmarked |
| 4 | consumes | consume | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | considerable | considerable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 quantities | amod |
| 6 | quantities | quantity | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consumes | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 energy | case |
| 8 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 quantities | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consume | present | Artificial intelligence intelligence | considerable quantities of energy | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quantity=Asset |
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