Exam question 3 · Hallucinations: confident made-up answers
Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning quotations attributed to a public figure by a chatbot engaged in role-play.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish, attribute, engage · To what, where: response, concerning quotations, chatbot, role play
This is exam question 3 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
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 | concerning | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 quotations | amod |
| 12 | quotations | quotation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 facts | conj |
| 13 | attributed | attribute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 quotations | acl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 figure | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 figure | det |
| 16 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 figure | amod |
| 17 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 attributed | obl |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 chatbot | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 chatbot | det |
| 20 | chatbot | chatbot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 attributed | obl:agent |
| 21 | engaged | engage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 chatbot | acl |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 play | case |
| 23 | role | role | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 play | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 role | punct |
| 25 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 engaged | obl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 and concerning quotations; consistent property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 4 | attribute | participle | concerning quotations not said here | to a public figure | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | engage | participle | a chatbot not said here | in role play goal | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in play=Goal |
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
Such quotations are fabricated and were never uttered by that person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 quotations | amod |
| 2 | quotations | quotation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fabricated | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fabricated | cop |
| 4 | fabricated | fabricated | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 uttered | cc |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 uttered | aux:pass |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 uttered | advmod |
| 8 | uttered | utter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 fabricated | conj |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 person | case |
| 10 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 person | det |
| 11 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 uttered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Such quotations | fabricated property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not utter speech: other | past · passive | that person | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Such quotations are drawn verbatim from published interviews
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 quotations | amod |
| 2 | quotations | quotation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 drawn | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 drawn | aux:pass |
| 4 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | verbatim | verbatim | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 drawn | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 interviews | case |
| 7 | published | publish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 interviews | amod |
| 8 | interviews | interview | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 drawn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | present · passive | Such quotations | published interviews | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary verbatim=Result | ||||
| 2 | publish | participle | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Such quotations are approved in advance by that person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 quotations | amod |
| 2 | quotations | quotation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 approved | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 approved | aux:pass |
| 4 | approved | approve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 advance | case |
| 6 | advance | advance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 approved | obl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 person | case |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 person | det |
| 9 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 approved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | approve | present · passive | that person | Such quotations | advance | vn allow-64.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary |
Option 4
Such quotations are genuine provided they are plausible
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 quotations | amod |
| 2 | quotations | quotation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 provided | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 provided | aux:pass |
| 4 | genuine | genuine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 provided | amod |
| 5 | provided | provide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 plausible | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 plausible | cop |
| 8 | plausible | plausible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 provided | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | provide | present · passive | Such quotations | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | quotations = quotation | plausible property | tree rules |
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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