Exam question 1 · Who you are: being wrong and learning

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate response of the pupil when it is asked whether it knows everything?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: response · What happens: follow, characteris, ask, know · To what, where: appropriate response, response, everything · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 29 «Who you are: being wrong and learning» 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 response	det
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 response	amod
11	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 pupil	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pupil	det
14	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 response	nmod
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 asked	advmod
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 asked	nsubj:pass
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 asked	aux:pass
18	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 characterises	advcl
19	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	21 knows	mark
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 knows	nsubj
21	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 asked	ccomp
22	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	21 knows	obj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the appropriate response of the pupil	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	ask speech: ask	present · passive		response		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
4	know	present	response	everything		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus

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

That it possesses no knowledge whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 possesses	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 possesses	nsubj
3	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 knowledge	det
5	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possesses	obj
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 possesses	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	That	no knowledge				whatsoever property	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot knowledge=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That its knowledge is limited to what it has learned, much remaining unknown to it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 knowledge	det
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 knowledge	nmod:poss
3	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 limited	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 limited	cop
5	limited	limited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 what	case
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 limited	obl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 learned	nsubj
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 learned	aux
10	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 what	acl:relcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 remaining	punct
12	much	much	ADV	_	13 remaining	advmod
13	remaining	remain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 limited	advcl
14	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 remaining	xcomp
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 unknown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	its knowledge	limited property	tree rules
2	learn	present · perfect	knowledge		vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	remain	gerund	its knowledge not said here	unknown property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

That its knowledge is complete and without error in every field of human enquiry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 knowledge	det
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 knowledge	nmod:poss
3	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 complete	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 complete	cop
5	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 error	cc
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 error	case
8	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 complete	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 field	case
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 field	det
11	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 error	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 enquiry	case
13	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 enquiry	amod
14	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 field	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	its knowledge					complete property	tree rules

Option 4

That its knowledge is complete in respect of science only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 knowledge	det
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 knowledge	nmod:poss
3	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 complete	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 complete	cop
5	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 respect	case
7	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 complete	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 science	case
9	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 respect	nmod
10	only	only	ADV	_	9 science	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	its knowledge			respect of science		complete property	tree rules
2	respect			science					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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