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What is AI? Pattern-guessers, not people

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1 of the AI course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · right ✓

"mate my chatbot's alive, it said morning and asked how i slept" What do you tell him?

  • 1. Friendly words are what it learned to say, nobody's in there — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 2. It's alive only in the mornings — no support
  • 3. Only alive bots ask about sleep, so yes — no support
  • 4. He's right, it must've been awake all night waiting to chat to him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 4: «A chatbot that says "good morning" sounds friendly, but there is nobody inside it who woke up, ate breakfast or will miss you at school.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «chatbot» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

What would happen if Jake typed "Once upon a banana"?

  • 1. The phone would know exactly what comes next, because it knows every story — ← Mova's choice · score 2
  • 2. The phone would fix it to "Once upon a time" forever — score 0
  • 3. The phone would refuse to work — score 2
  • 4. The phone would probably guess badly, because that is unusual — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1, line 3: «When your phone suggests "time" after you type "Once upon a", it is not reading your mind; it is betting on the most usual next word.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «phone» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · wrong ✗

In a cartoon, a chatbot rubs its tummy and says it's starving for chips. What does the cartoon get wrong?

  • 1. Nothing, chatbots eat electricity like chips — score 6
  • 2. Chatbots only get hungry at night — ← Mova's choice · score 10
  • 3. A chatbot has no body, so it can't be hungry — ✓ the right answer · score 10
  • 4. Chatbots prefer sweets to chips, so it would ask for sweets — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1, line 4: «A chatbot that says "good morning" sounds friendly, but there is nobody inside it who woke up, ate breakfast or will miss you at school.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «chatbot» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · right ✓

"if nobody typed the answer how come it's right most of the time??" Best reply?

  • 1. It learned from huge amounts of text how answers usually go — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. It copies each answer from one website — no support
  • 3. Somebody secretly checks every answer first before you see it — no support
  • 4. It is never right, it only looks right — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

Chloe's teacher holds up a ginger fluffy cushion and the app says "cat". What should the class learn?

  • 1. The cushion must contain cat hair — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The app is cleverer than the class — no support
  • 3. The app learned a look, not what a cat really is — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Cushions and cats are the same to everyone — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · right ✓

Gran thinks AI is "a little man in the phone". What is the truth?

  • 1. A small robot lives inside every phone and talks back to whoever asks — no support
  • 2. It is a program finding patterns, with no little man — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
  • 3. It is a recording of one clever person's voice — no support
  • 4. A worker listens and answers from far away — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 14: «AI in films, with robots that make wicked plans of their own, is invented to be exciting; real AI is programs built and run by people.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «real ai» (+5); the same thing acted on «programs» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · wrong ✗

"AI's gonna take over the world, it's in every film innit" Which answer fits real AI?

  • 1. It already runs every country in secret, the films just show it — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Films make up robot villains; real AI is tools that people build and run — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. It will happen next week, the films said so — no support
  • 4. Films are documentaries about real AI — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

Which is the best way to test whether the phone is "reading your mind"?

  • 1. Turn the phone off and on again to reset its guesses — no support
  • 2. Think very hard about a word and watch the screen — no support
  • 3. Type something surprising and see it guess wrong — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Ask the phone politely whether it can read your mind — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 3: «When your phone suggests "time" after you type "Once upon a", it is not reading your mind; it is betting on the most usual next word.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «phone» (+5); the same thing acted on «mind» (+4); the same action «read» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · wrong ✗

Maddie asks, "Did that picnic really happen to you?" What would an honest bot say?

  • 1. Yes, but it rained in the afternoon — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. I can't remember, it was a long time ago — no support
  • 3. Yes, it was last Saturday in the park — no support
  • 4. No, I don't have a life; I made up a story — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · right ✓

Sam's camera made his face look smooth in a photo. What should he remember?

  • 1. His face really is that smooth in real life, the camera just shows it — no support
  • 2. The camera can see things eyes cannot — no support
  • 3. Smoothed photos are always more truthful — no support
  • 4. Photos can be quietly changed, so real faces don't look like that — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 13: «Small AI programs hide in everyday things, such as phone cameras that sharpen photos and blur backgrounds.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «phone cameras» (+4); the same thing acted on «photos» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · wrong ✗

The robot hoover keeps bumping into the same chair leg. What does that show?

  • 1. It is angry with the chair and keeps trying to knock it over on purpose — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. It is trying to clean the chair leg — no support
  • 3. It follows sensors and simple rules, not real understanding — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. It wants to move the chair out of the way — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises contemporary artificial intelligence?

  • 1. Recordings of answers composed in advance by human operators — no support
  • 2. Living organisms of electronic construction possessing their own secret intentions — no support
  • 3. Mechanical devices that comprehend the world as animals do — no support
  • 4. Computer programs that derive patterns from very large quantities of examples — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 1: «AI, short for artificial intelligence (artificial means made by people, not grown by nature), is the name for computer programs that learn patterns from huge p…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «computer programs» (+2); the same thing acted on «patterns» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that a keyboard proposes the word "time" subsequent to the phrase "Once upon a". Identify the principal reason for this.

  • 1. The word in question most frequently follows the phrase in written text — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. A remote operator has supplied the word — no support
  • 3. The word has been stored in respect of that user alone — no support
  • 4. The device has perceived the thoughts of its user — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a chatbot that recounts its activities at the weekend.

  • 1. The account describes the activities of its designers — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The account is invented, the program possessing no personal life — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. The account is drawn from the memory of a previous user — no support
  • 4. The account is a faithful recollection of real events at the weekend — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

An image classifier is observed to designate a fluffy slipper as a cat. Ascertain the inference which may properly be drawn.

  • 1. The classifier has learned visual resemblance from examples and may be misled by similar objects — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. The classifier possesses knowledge that the slipper belongs to a cat — no support
  • 3. The classifier has been deliberately instructed to deceive its users — no support
  • 4. The classifier is functioning without error, slippers being a variety of cat — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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