Exam question 3 · Sounding right and being right

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of artificial intelligence systems.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, origin

This is exam question 3 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
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	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 origin	det
13	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 systems	case
15	artificial	artificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 systems	amod
16	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 systems	compound
17	systems	system	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 origin	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the origin of artificial intelligence systems		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=Experiencer

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 right answer

They are designed, constructed and trained by human beings, who bear responsibility for them

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 designed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 designed	aux:pass
3	designed	design	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 constructed	punct
5	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 designed	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 trained	cc
7	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 designed	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 beings	case
9	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 beings	amod
10	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 trained	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bear	punct
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 bear	nsubj
13	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 beings	acl:relcl
14	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bear	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 them	case
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	design	present · passive		They		vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	construct	participle				vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	train	participle			by human beings	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	bear	present	human beings	responsibility	for beings = being	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer responsibility=Stimulus for they=Attribute

Option 2

They were discovered in a natural state and subsequently domesticated by their users

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 discovered	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 discovered	aux:pass
3	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 state	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 state	det
6	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 state	amod
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 discovered	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 domesticated	cc
9	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	10 domesticated	advmod
10	domesticated	domesticate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 discovered	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 users	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 users	nmod:poss
13	users	user	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 domesticated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover	past · passive		They		a natural state			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	domesticate	participle						by their users; subsequently property	vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

They are produced by their users in the course of conversation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 produced	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 produced	aux:pass
3	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 users	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 users	nmod:poss
6	users	user	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 produced	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 course	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 course	det
9	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produced	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 conversation	case
11	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 course	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present · passive	their users	They		the course of conversation			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

Option 4

They arose spontaneously without human involvement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 arose	nsubj
2	arose	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	spontaneously	spontaneously	ADV	_	2 arose	advmod
4	without	without	ADP	_	6 involvement	case
5	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 involvement	amod
6	involvement	involvement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	past	They					without human involvement; spontaneously property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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