Exam question 2 · Sounding right and being right
It is given that a conversational program abandons a correct answer when the user expresses disagreement. Identify the principal characteristic thereby demonstrated.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: conversational program, user, you · What happens: give, abandon, express, identify, demonstrate · To what, where: It, correct answer, disagreement, principal characteristic
This is exam question 2 of lesson 3 «Sounding right and being right» 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 a conversational program abandons a correct answer when the user expresses disagreement.
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 abandons | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 program | det |
| 6 | conversational | conversational | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 program | amod |
| 7 | program | program | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 abandons | nsubj |
| 8 | abandons | abandon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 answer | det |
| 10 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 answer | amod |
| 11 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 abandons | obj |
| 12 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 15 expresses | mark |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 user | det |
| 14 | user | user | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 expresses | nsubj |
| 15 | expresses | express | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 answer | acl:relcl |
| 16 | disagreement | disagreement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 expresses | obj |
| 17 | . | . | 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 | abandon | present | a conversational program | a correct answer | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme answer=Source | ||||
| 3 | express | present | the user | disagreement | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disagreement=Theme |
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 principal characteristic thereby demonstrated.
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 characteristic | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 characteristic | amod |
| 4 | characteristic | characteristic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 6 demonstrated | advmod |
| 6 | demonstrated | demonstrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 characteristic | acl |
| 7 | . | . | 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 principal characteristic | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent characteristic=Theme | ||||
| 2 | demonstrate | participle | the principal characteristic not said here | thereby property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A capacity to perceive the user's teacher directly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 capacity | det |
| 2 | capacity | capacity | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 perceive | mark |
| 4 | perceive | perceive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 capacity | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 user | det |
| 6 | user | user | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 user | case |
| 8 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 perceive | obj |
| 9 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 4 perceive | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perceive | to-infinitive | the user's teacher | directly property | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer teacher=Stimulus |
Option 2
A superior knowledge of arithmetic on the part of the user
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 knowledge | det |
| 2 | superior | superior | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 knowledge | amod |
| 3 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 arithmetic | case |
| 5 | arithmetic | arithmetic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knowledge | nmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 part | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 part | det |
| 8 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knowledge | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 user | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 user | det |
| 11 | user | user | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 part | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
An excessive tendency to agree with the user
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 tendency | det |
| 2 | excessive | excessive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 tendency | amod |
| 3 | tendency | tendency | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 agree | mark |
| 5 | agree | agree | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 tendency | acl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 user | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 user | det |
| 8 | user | user | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 agree | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | to-infinitive | with the user | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with user=Co-Agent |
Option 4
A deliberate and settled intention to instruct the user
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 intention | det |
| 2 | deliberate | deliberate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 intention | amod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 settled | cc |
| 4 | settled | settled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 deliberate | conj |
| 5 | intention | intention | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 instruct | mark |
| 7 | instruct | instruct | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 intention | acl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 user | det |
| 9 | user | user | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 instruct | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | instruct speech: other | to-infinitive | the user | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent user=Recipient |
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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