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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the operation of a voice assistant? Exam question 1 of lesson 17 «Voice assistants and recommendations» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Exam question 1 · Voice assistants and recommendations

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the operation of a voice assistant?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, operate · **To what, where:** operation, voice assistant

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 17 «Voice assistants and recommendations» 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/17-voice-assistants-recommendations/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:17-voice-assistants-recommendations:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the operation of a voice assistant?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	operation	operation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	assistant	assistant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the operation of a voice assistant |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **operate** |  |  | a voice assistant |  |  |  |  | nom operation «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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It replays recordings prepared in advance by human operators

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:17-voice-assistants-recommendations:e1:o1:1
# text = It replays recordings prepared in advance by human operators
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	replays	replay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	recordings	recording	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	advance	advance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	operators	operator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **replay** | present | It | recordings |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recording=Theme |
| 2 | **prepare** | participle |  | recordings *not said here* |  | advance |  | by human operators | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It responds solely to the voice of the person who purchased it and to no other person

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:17-voice-assistants-recommendations:e1:o2:1
# text = It responds solely to the voice of the person who purchased it and to no other person
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	responds	respond	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	purchased	purchase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	17	det	_	_
16	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **respond** *speech: other* | present | It |  |  |  |  | to the voice of the person and no other person; solely *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to voice=Theme |
| 2 | **purchase** | past | the person | person |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It converts sounds into words and subsequently infers the intention of the speaker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:17-voice-assistants-recommendations:e1:o3:1
# text = It converts sounds into words and subsequently infers the intention of the speaker
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	converts	convert	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	infers	infer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	intention	intention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  | words |  | sound *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **infer** | present |  | the intention of the speaker |  |  |  | subsequently *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intention=Theme |
| 3 | **intend** |  |  | the speaker |  |  |  |  | nom intention «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It comprehends every utterance with complete accuracy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:17-voice-assistants-recommendations:e1:o4:1
# text = It comprehends every utterance with complete accuracy
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comprehends	comprehend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	utterance	utterance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	accuracy	accuracy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comprehend** | present | It | every utterance |  |  |  | with complete accuracy | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer utterance=Stimulus |

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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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