Exam question 1 · Pretend games, quotes and two bots that disagree

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a fact which appears surprising when furnished by a chatbot?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: fact · What happens: follow, characteris, appear, surprise, furnish · To what, where: fact

This is exam question 1 of lesson 7 «Pretend games, quotes and two bots that disagree» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fact	det
10	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 appears	nsubj
12	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fact	acl:relcl
13	surprising	surprise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 appears	xcomp
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 furnished	advmod
15	furnished	furnish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 surprising	xcomp
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 chatbot	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 chatbot	det
18	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 furnished	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a fact	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	appear	present	a fact			vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
4	surprise	gerund	a fact not said here			tree rules
5	furnish	participle	a fact not said here		by a chatbot	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

It may be either true or false and ought therefore to be verified

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	5 true	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 true	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 true	cop
4	either	either	CCONJ	_	5 true	cc:preconj
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 false	cc
7	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 true	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 verified	cc
9	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 verified	aux
10	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	13 verified	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	13 verified	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 verified	aux:pass
13	verified	verify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 true	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	may	It	true property	tree rules
2	be				tree rules
3	verify	ought · passive		therefore property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»

Option 2

It is invariably false, surprise being sufficient evidence of invention

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	4 false	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 false	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 false	advmod
4	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 evidence	punct
6	surprise	surprise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 evidence	aux
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 evidence	cop
8	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 evidence	amod
9	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 false	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 invention	case
11	invention	invention	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 evidence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					false, invariably property	tree rules
2	is a	infinitive		sufficient evidence				of invention	tree rules

Option 3

It may be accepted provided that it is concise

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	4 accepted	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 accepted	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 accepted	aux:pass
4	accepted	accept	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 provided	parataxis
5	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 concise	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 concise	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 concise	cop
9	concise	concise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 provided	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accept	may · passive		It		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	provide	past				vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	is	present	it		concise property	tree rules

Option 4

It is invariably true, the chatbot favouring remarkable facts

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	4 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 true	advmod
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 chatbot	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chatbot	det
7	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 true	conj
8	favouring	favour	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 chatbot	acl
9	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 favouring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					invariably, true property	tree rules
2	favour	gerund	the chatbot not said here	remarkable facts					tree rules

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