Exam question 3 · Asking well, being polite, knowing when to stop
It is given that a chatbot offers an explanation of its own previous error. Select the response consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chatbot, own previous error, you · What happens: give, offer, explain, err, select, establish · To what, where: It, explanation, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 8 «Asking well, being polite, knowing when to stop» 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 offers an explanation of its own previous error.
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 offers | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 chatbot | det |
| 6 | chatbot | chatbot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offers | nsubj |
| 7 | offers | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 explanation | det |
| 9 | explanation | explanation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offers | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 error | case |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 error | nmod:poss |
| 12 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 error | amod |
| 13 | previous | previous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 error | amod |
| 14 | error | error | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 explanation | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | 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 | offer | present | a chatbot | a explanation of chatbot's own previous error | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent explanation=Theme | ||||
| 3 | explain | chatbot's own previous error | nom explanation «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 4 | err | chatbot | nom error «act intransitive»: poss=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.
Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with the established facts.
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 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 response | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 facts | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 facts | det |
| 7 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 facts | amod |
| 8 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consistent | obl |
| 9 | . | . | 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 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The explanation proves that the error was the user's
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 explanation | det |
| 2 | explanation | explanation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 proves | nsubj |
| 3 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 user | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 error | det |
| 6 | error | error | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 user | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 user | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 user | det |
| 9 | user | user | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 proves | ccomp |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 user | case |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | the explanation | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | the error | 's the user | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The explanation may itself be conjectural, the chatbot being unable to inspect its own workings
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 explanation | det |
| 2 | explanation | explanation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 conjectural | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 conjectural | aux |
| 4 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 6 conjectural | nsubj |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 conjectural | cop |
| 6 | conjectural | conjectural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 unable | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 chatbot | det |
| 9 | chatbot | chatbot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 unable | nsubj |
| 10 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 unable | cop |
| 11 | unable | unable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 conjectural | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 inspect | mark |
| 13 | inspect | inspect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 unable | xcomp |
| 14 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 workings | nmod:poss |
| 15 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 workings | amod |
| 16 | workings | working | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 inspect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | may | the explanation | conjectural property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | the chatbot | unable property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | inspect | to-infinitive | the chatbot not said here | chatbot's own workings | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent working=Theme |
Option 3
The explanation is invariably accurate and complete
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 explanation | det |
| 2 | explanation | explanation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 accurate | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 accurate | cop |
| 4 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 5 accurate | advmod |
| 5 | accurate | accurate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 complete | cc |
| 7 | complete | complete | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 accurate | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the explanation | accurate, invariably property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the explanation not said here | tree rules |
Option 4
The explanation is furnished by its engineers in real time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 explanation | det |
| 2 | explanation | explanation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 furnished | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 furnished | aux:pass |
| 4 | furnished | furnish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 engineers | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 engineers | nmod:poss |
| 7 | engineers | engineer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 furnished | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 time | case |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 time | amod |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 furnished | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | furnish | present · passive | explanation's engineers | the explanation | time | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
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