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# Exam question 1 · The future: fears, rules and your part

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the present state of knowledge concerning feelings in artificial intelligence?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** knowledge · **What happens:** follow, characteris, concern · **To what, where:** present state, feelings, artificial intelligence

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 25 «The future: fears, rules and your part» 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/25-future-fears-rules/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:25-future-fears-rules:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the present state of knowledge concerning feelings in artificial intelligence?
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	11	det	_	_
10	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	artificial	artificial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	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 present state of knowledge |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | knowledge *not said here* | feelings |  | artificial intelligence |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus feeling=Experiencer |

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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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Chatbots experience emotion only when addressed courteously

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:25-future-fears-rules:e1:o1:1
# text = Chatbots experience emotion only when addressed courteously
1	Chatbots	chatbot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	experience	experience	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	emotion	emotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	addressed	address	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
7	courteously	courteously	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **experience** | present | Chatbots | emotion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **address** | participle | Chatbots *not said here* |  |  |  |  | courteously *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It has been conclusively established that chatbots experience emotion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:25-future-fears-rules:e1:o2:1
# text = It has been conclusively established that chatbots experience emotion
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	conclusively	conclusively	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	chatbots	chatbot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	experience	experience	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	emotion	emotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | present · perfect · passive |  | It |  |  |  | conclusively *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **experience** | present | chatbots | emotion |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer emotion=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The question remains unresolved; contemporary chatbots imitate feelings in language

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:25-future-fears-rules:e1:o3:1
# text = The question remains unresolved; contemporary chatbots imitate feelings in language
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unresolved	unresolved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	contemporary	contemporary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	chatbots	chatbot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	imitate	imitate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | the question |  |  |  |  | unresolved *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **imitate** | present | contemporary chatbots | feelings |  | language |  |  | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It has been conclusively established that no machine could ever experience emotion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:25-future-fears-rules:e1:o4:1
# text = It has been conclusively established that no machine could ever experience emotion
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	conclusively	conclusively	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	11	advmod	_	_
11	experience	experience	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
12	emotion	emotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | present · perfect · passive |  | It |  |  |  | conclusively *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **experience** | could | no machine | emotion |  |  | ever |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer emotion=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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