Exam question 4 · The future: fears, rules and your part

In respect of the comparison between artificial intelligence and the telephone, which of the following statements is most accurate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: comparison · What happens: follow, be, respect · To what, where: comparison

This is exam question 4 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

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	_	5 comparison	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 comparison	det
5	comparison	comparison	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 intelligence	case
7	artificial	artificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 intelligence	amod
8	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 comparison	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 telephone	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 telephone	det
11	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 comparison	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 accurate	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 accurate	nsubj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 statements	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 statements	det
16	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 statements	amod
17	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 accurate	obl
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 accurate	cop
19	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	20 accurate	advmod
20	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 comparison	conj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 respect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the comparison between artificial intelligence and the telephone		of the following statements; accurate property	tree rules
3	respect			the comparison between artificial intelligence and the telephone		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 telephone was never regarded with apprehension

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 telephone	det
2	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 regarded	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 regarded	aux:pass
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 regarded	advmod
5	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 apprehension	case
7	apprehension	apprehension	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not regard	past · passive		the telephone				with apprehension	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Customary use of an invention demonstrates that it carries no risk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	compound
2	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 demonstrates	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 invention	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 invention	det
5	invention	invention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	nmod
6	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 carries	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 carries	nsubj
9	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 demonstrates	advcl
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 risk	det
11	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carries	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	demonstrate	present	Customary use of a invention		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	carry	present	use	no risk	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent risk=Theme
3	use			a invention	nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

New inventions become customary, yet their genuine risks continue to require attention

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	New	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 inventions	amod
2	inventions	invention	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 become	nsubj
3	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 become	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 continue	punct
6	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	10 continue	cc
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 risks	nmod:poss
8	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 risks	amod
9	risks	risk	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 continue	nsubj
10	continue	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 become	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 require	mark
12	require	require	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 continue	xcomp
13	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 require	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	become	present	New inventions	customary	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	continue	present	inventions's genuine risks		vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	require	to-infinitive	inventions's genuine risks not said here	attention	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition
4	risk		inventions = invention		nom risk «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Artificial intelligence will cease to exist as early telephones did

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 cease	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cease	aux
4	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 exist	mark
6	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 cease	xcomp
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 did	mark
8	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 telephones	amod
9	telephones	telephone	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 did	nsubj
10	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 exist	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	cease	future	Artificial intelligence	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	exist	to-infinitive	Artificial intelligence not said here	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	do	past	early telephones	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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