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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning an application whose artificial companion expresses sadness when not consulted daily. Exam question 3 of lesson 13 «Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 3 · Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning an application whose artificial companion expresses sadness when not consulted daily.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, express, not consult · **To what, where:** application, sadness

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 13 «Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning an application whose artificial companion expresses sadness when not consulted daily.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	artificial	artificial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
17	expresses	express	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
18	sadness	sadness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
19	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	21	advmod	_	_
20	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	consulted	consult	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	advcl	_	_
22	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | a application |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus application=Experiencer |
| 5 | **express** | present | the response | sadness |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sadness=Theme |
| 6 | **not** **consult** | participle | the response *not said here* |  |  |  |  | daily *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The companion experiences genuine distress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages:e3:o1:1
# text = The companion experiences genuine distress
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	experiences	experience	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	distress	distress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **experience** | present | the companion | genuine distress |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer distress=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The expression of sadness is a device to secure continued use

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages:e3:o2:1
# text = The expression of sadness is a device to secure continued use
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sadness	sadness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	secure	secure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	continued	continue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the expression of sadness | a device |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **secure** | to-infinitive |  | continued use |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition use=Theme |
| 3 | **continue** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The sadness is evidence of a real child elsewhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages:e3:o3:1
# text = The sadness is evidence of a real child elsewhere
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sadness	sadness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the sadness | evidence |  |  |  | of a real child | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The companion will cease to function if neglected

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages:e3:o4:1
# text = The companion will cease to function if neglected
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cease	cease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	neglected	neglect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | future | the companion | function |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality function=Eventuality |
| 2 | **neglect** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | the companion *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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**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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