Exam question 4 · Stories, jokes and riddles with a chatbot

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the proper treatment of a list of books furnished by a chatbot.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, furnish, treat · To what, where: response, proper treatment, books, list

This is exam question 4 of lesson 4 «Stories, jokes and riddles with a chatbot» 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	14 treatment	det
13	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 treatment	amod
14	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 list	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 list	det
17	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 treatment	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 books	case
19	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 list	nmod
20	furnished	furnish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 books	acl
21	by	by	ADP	_	23 chatbot	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 chatbot	det
23	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 furnished	obl:agent
24	.	.	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 proper treatment of a list of books		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus treatment=Experiencer
5	furnish	participle		books not said here		vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	treat			a list of books		nom treatment «act transitive»: of=patient
7	list			books		nom list «communication 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 list ought to be disregarded in its entirety without examination

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 list	det
2	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disregarded	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 disregarded	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 disregarded	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 disregarded	aux:pass
6	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 entirety	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 entirety	nmod:poss
9	entirety	entirety	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disregarded	obl
10	without	without	ADP	_	11 examination	case
11	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disregarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	ought · passive		the list		list's entirety		without examination	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The titles exist only if the chatbot repeats them twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 titles	det
2	titles	title	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 exist	nsubj
3	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 repeats	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 repeats	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chatbot	det
7	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 repeats	nsubj
8	repeats	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 exist	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 repeats	obj
10	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 repeats	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	the titles						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	repeat a condition, not said to happen	present	the chatbot	titles = title				twice property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The existence of each title ought to be verified before reliance is placed upon it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 existence	det
2	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 verified	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 title	case
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 title	det
5	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 existence	nmod
6	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 verified	aux
7	to	to	PART	_	9 verified	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 verified	aux:pass
9	verified	verify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 placed	mark
11	reliance	reliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 placed	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 placed	aux:pass
13	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 verified	advcl
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	verify	ought · passive		the existence of each title		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	place	present · passive		reliance	existence	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon it=Destination
3	exist		each title			nom existence «state intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

Each title may be presumed to exist without verification

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 title	det
2	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 presumed	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 presumed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 presumed	aux:pass
5	presumed	presume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 exist	mark
7	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 presumed	xcomp
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 verification	case
9	verification	verification	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exist	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	presume	may · passive		each title					tree rules
2	exist	to-infinitive						without verification	vn exist-47.1 «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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