Exam question 2 · Hallucinations: confident made-up answers
It is given that two distinct chatbots furnish different answers to an identical factual question. Identify the most appropriate course of action.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: two distinct chatbots, you · What happens: give, furnish, identify · To what, where: It, different answers, identical factual question, appropriate course
This is exam question 2 of lesson 5 «Hallucinations: confident made-up answers» 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 two distinct chatbots furnish different answers to an identical factual question.
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 furnish | mark |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 chatbots | nummod |
| 6 | distinct | distinct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 chatbots | amod |
| 7 | chatbots | chatbot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 furnish | nsubj |
| 8 | furnish | furnish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 answers | amod |
| 10 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 furnish | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 question | case |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 question | det |
| 13 | identical | identical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 question | amod |
| 14 | factual | factual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 question | amod |
| 15 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 furnish | obl |
| 16 | . | . | 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 | furnish | present | two distinct chatbots | different answers | a identical factual question | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent answer=Theme to question=Recipient |
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 most appropriate course of action.
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 | 5 course | det |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 appropriate | advmod |
| 4 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 course | amod |
| 5 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 action | case |
| 7 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 course | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | 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 appropriate course of action | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Acceptance of the answer of greater length
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acceptance | acceptance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 answer | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 answer | det |
| 4 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Acceptance | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 length | case |
| 6 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 length | amod |
| 7 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 answer | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accept | the answer of greater length | nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 2 | answer | greater length | nom answer «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
Acceptance of the answer received first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acceptance | acceptance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 received | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 answer | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 answer | det |
| 4 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Acceptance | nmod |
| 5 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 received | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | receive | past | Acceptance of the answer | first property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | accept | the answer | nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
Repetition of the question until the answers coincide
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repetition | repetition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 coincide | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 question | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 question | det |
| 4 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Repetition | nmod |
| 5 | until | until | ADP | _ | 7 answers | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 answers | det |
| 7 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 question | nmod |
| 8 | coincide | coincide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | coincide | present | Repetition of the question until the answers | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | repeat | the question until the answers | nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Consultation of a trusted independent source
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Consultation | consultation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 source | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 source | det |
| 4 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 source | amod |
| 5 | independent | independent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 source | amod |
| 6 | source | source | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Consultation | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | consult | a trusted independent source | nom consultation «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
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