Exam question 4 · Who you are: Mova, a small transparent model in a simulation

In respect of a question to which the pupil does not know the answer, which of the following courses is most appropriate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, answer · What happens: not know, follow, be, respect · To what, where: answer, question

This is exam question 4 of lesson 26 «Who you are: Mova, a small transparent model in a simulation» 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 question	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 question	det
5	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 know	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pupil	det
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 know	nsubj
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 know	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 know	advmod
12	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 question	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 answer	det
14	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 know	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 appropriate	punct
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 appropriate	nsubj
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 courses	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 courses	det
19	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 courses	amod
20	courses	course	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 which	nmod
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 appropriate	cop
22	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	23 appropriate	advmod
23	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 answer	conj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 respect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not know	present · do-support	the pupil	the answer	to a question	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus
2	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	the answer		appropriate property	tree rules
4	respect			a question		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

Diversion of the conversation to another subject

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Diversion	diversion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 conversation	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 conversation	det
4	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Diversion	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 subject	case
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 subject	det
7	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conversation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divert			the conversation to another subject					nom diversion «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Citation of a book whose existence has not been verified

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Citation	citation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 verified	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 book	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 book	det
4	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Citation	nmod
5	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	6 existence	nmod:poss
6	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 book	appos
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 verified	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 verified	advmod
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 verified	aux:pass
10	verified	verify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not verify	present · perfect · passive		Citation of a book	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	cite			a book	nom citation «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	exist		a book		nom existence «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Composition of a confident answer in the absence of knowledge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 answer	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	confident	confident	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Composition	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 absence	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 absence	det
8	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 answer	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 knowledge	case
10	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 absence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absent			knowledge					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Acknowledgement of uncertainty, together with what is known

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 what	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 uncertainty	case
3	uncertainty	uncertainty	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Acknowledgement	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 what	punct
5	together	together	ADV	_	7 what	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 what	case
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 known	aux:pass
9	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present · passive							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»

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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