Exam question 4 · The essay the teacher spotted

Ascertain the use of a chatbot which accords with honest learning.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, chatbot · What happens: ascertain, accord, use · To what, where: use, chatbot

This is exam question 4 of lesson 9 «The essay the teacher spotted» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 use	det
3	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 chatbot	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 chatbot	det
6	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	nmod
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 accords	nsubj
8	accords	accord	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 chatbot	acl:relcl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 learning	case
10	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 learning	amod
11	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 accords	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the use of a chatbot		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Topic
2	accord	present	a chatbot		with honest learning	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	use			a chatbot		nom use «act 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Obtaining a poem for entry in a competition under one's own name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Obtaining	obtain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 poem	det
3	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Obtaining	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 entry	case
5	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Obtaining	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 competition	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 competition	det
8	competition	competition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Obtaining	obl
9	under	under	ADP	_	13 name	case
10	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 name	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 one	case
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 name	amod
13	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Obtaining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	gerund		a poem		a competition		for entry; under one's own name	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent poem=Theme for entry=Asset
2	name		one						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Obtaining completed answers for submission as one's own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Obtaining	obtain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	completed	complete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 answers	amod
3	answers	answer	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Obtaining	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 submission	case
5	submission	submission	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Obtaining	obl
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 own	case
7	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 own	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 one	case
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Obtaining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	gerund		completed answers				for submission; as one's own	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent answer=Theme for submission=Asset
2	complete	participle							vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Obtaining an alternative explanation, followed by independent completion of the exercises

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Obtaining	obtain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 followed	csubj:pass
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 explanation	det
3	alternative	alternative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 explanation	amod
4	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Obtaining	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 followed	punct
6	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 completion	case
8	independent	independent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 completion	amod
9	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 followed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 exercises	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 exercises	det
12	exercises	exercise	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 completion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	obtain	gerund		a alternative explanation		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset explanation=Theme
2	follow	participle	Obtaining		by independent completion of the exercises	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by completion=Location
3	complete			the exercises		nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Obtaining a personal narrative of events which never occurred

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Obtaining	obtain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
3	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 narrative	amod
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Obtaining	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 events	case
6	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 narrative	nmod
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 occurred	nsubj
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 occurred	advmod
9	occurred	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 narrative	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	gerund		a personal narrative of events					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset narrative=Theme
2	not occur	past	a personal narrative of events						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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