Exam question 2 · Why the bot agrees too easily
It is given that a chatbot furnishes, in respect of a forthcoming fixture, a date belonging to the previous year. Identify the principal reason.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chatbot, date, you · What happens: give, furnish, belong, respect, identify · To what, where: It, forthcoming fixture, principal reason
This is exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Why the bot agrees too easily» 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 a chatbot furnishes, in respect of a forthcoming fixture, a date belonging to the previous year.
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 | _ | 7 furnishes | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 chatbot | det |
| 6 | chatbot | chatbot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 furnishes | nsubj |
| 7 | furnishes | furnish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 respect | punct |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 respect | case |
| 10 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | parataxis |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 fixture | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 fixture | det |
| 13 | forthcoming | forthcoming | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 fixture | amod |
| 14 | fixture | fixture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 respect | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 date | punct |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 date | det |
| 17 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fixture | conj |
| 18 | belonging | belong | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 date | acl |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 year | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 year | det |
| 21 | previous | previous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 year | amod |
| 22 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 belonging | obl |
| 23 | . | . | 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 | a chatbot | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | belong | gerund | a date not said here | year | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | respect | a forthcoming fixture and a date | nom respect «cognition 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.
Sentence 2: Identify the principal reason.
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 | 4 reason | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reason | amod |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | . | . | 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 principal reason | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Sporting fixtures are invariably held upon identical dates
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting | sport | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 fixtures | amod |
| 2 | fixtures | fixture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 held | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 held | aux:pass |
| 4 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 5 held | advmod |
| 5 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 8 dates | case |
| 7 | identical | identical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dates | amod |
| 8 | dates | date | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 held | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sport | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | hold | present · passive | Sporting fixtures | identical dates | invariably property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme upon date=Location |
Option 2
It is forbidden from disclosing future dates
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 forbidden | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 forbidden | aux:pass |
| 3 | forbidden | forbid | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 5 disclosing | mark |
| 5 | disclosing | disclose | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 forbidden | advcl |
| 6 | future | future | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dates | amod |
| 7 | dates | date | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 disclosing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forbid | present · passive | It | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | disclose | gerund | future dates | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot date=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Its information may be outdated and it may lack access to current sources
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 information | nmod:poss |
| 2 | information | information | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 outdated | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 outdated | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 outdated | cop |
| 5 | outdated | outdated | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 lack | cc |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 lack | nsubj |
| 8 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 lack | aux |
| 9 | lack | lack | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 outdated | conj |
| 10 | access | access | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lack | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 sources | case |
| 12 | current | current | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 sources | amod |
| 13 | sources | source | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 lack | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | may | Its information | outdated property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lack | may | information | access | to current sources | tree rules | |||
| 3 | inform | Its = it | nom information «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
It deliberately confuses the user for amusement
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 confuses | nsubj |
| 2 | deliberately | deliberately | ADV | _ | 3 confuses | advmod |
| 3 | confuses | confuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 user | det |
| 5 | user | user | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 confuses | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 amusement | case |
| 7 | amusement | amusement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 confuses | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confuse | present | It | the user | for amusement; deliberately property | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent user=Patient |
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