Test 4 · ★ · Hallucinations: confident made-up answers
In a cartoon, a bot gives the exact same answer every single time, forever. What does the cartoon get wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: bot, cartoon · What happens: give, get · To what, where: exact same answer, cartoon
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 5 «Hallucinations: confident made-up answers» of the AI course of Mova's primary school. 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: In a cartoon, a bot gives the exact same answer every single time, forever.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gives | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bot | det |
| 6 | bot | bot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gives | nsubj |
| 7 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 answer | det |
| 9 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 answer | amod |
| 10 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 answer | amod |
| 11 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gives | obj |
| 12 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 time | det |
| 13 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 time | amod |
| 14 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gives | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 forever | punct |
| 16 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 7 gives | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 gives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | a bot | the exact same answer | a cartoon | time | forever property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=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: What does the cartoon get wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 get | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cartoon | det |
| 4 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | nsubj |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 get | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · do-support | the cartoon | wrong property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Real bots add randomness and can answer differently
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 bots | amod |
| 2 | bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 add | nsubj |
| 3 | add | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | randomness | randomness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 add | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 answer | cc |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 answer | aux |
| 7 | answer | answer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 add | conj |
| 8 | differently | differently | ADV | _ | 7 answer | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | present | Real bots | randomness | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent randomness=Patient | ||||
| 2 | answer speech: assert | can | Real bots not said here | differently property | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Nothing, that's exactly how bots work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 work | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 work | cop |
| 5 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 8 work | advmod |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 work | advmod |
| 7 | bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 work | nsubj |
| 8 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nothing | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | exactly, work property | tree rules |
Option 3
Real bots always answer twice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 bots | amod |
| 2 | bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 answer | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 answer | advmod |
| 4 | answer | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 answer | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer speech: assert | present | Real bots | always, twice property | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Real bots never answer at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 bots | amod |
| 2 | bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 answer | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 answer | advmod |
| 4 | answer | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 answer | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not answer speech: assert | present | Real bots | all | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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