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title: In respect of a question to which the pupil does not know the answer… — Who you are: Mova, a small transparent… · tree and pragmatics
description: In respect of a question to which the pupil does not know the answer, which of the following courses is most appropriate? Exam question 4 of lesson 26 «Who you are: Mova, a small transparent model in a simulation» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 4 · Who you are: Mova, a small transparent model in a simulation

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In respect of a question to which the pupil does not know the answer, which of the following courses is most appropriate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pupil, answer · **What happens:** not know, follow, be, respect · **To what, where:** answer, question

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 26 «Who you are: Mova, a small transparent model in a simulation» 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/26-who-you-are-mova/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:26-who-you-are-mova:e4:1
# text = In respect of a question to which the pupil does not know the answer, which of the following courses is most appropriate?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	amod	_	_
20	courses	course	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
22	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	23	advmod	_	_
23	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | the pupil | the answer |  |  |  | to a question | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | the answer |  |  |  |  | appropriate *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **respect** |  |  | a question |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Diversion of the conversation to another subject

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:26-who-you-are-mova:e4:o1:1
# text = Diversion of the conversation to another subject
1	Diversion	diversion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	conversation	conversation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divert** |  |  | the conversation to another subject |  |  |  |  | nom diversion «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Citation of a book whose existence has not been verified

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:26-who-you-are-mova:e4:o2:1
# text = Citation of a book whose existence has not been verified
1	Citation	citation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	existence	existence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	verified	verify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **verify** | present · perfect · passive |  | Citation of a book |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **cite** |  |  | a book |  |  |  |  | nom citation «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **exist** |  | a book |  |  |  |  |  | nom existence «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Composition of a confident answer in the absence of knowledge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:26-who-you-are-mova:e4:o3:1
# text = Composition of a confident answer in the absence of knowledge
1	Composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	confident	confident	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **absent** |  |  | knowledge |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Acknowledgement of uncertainty, together with what is known

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:26-who-you-are-mova:e4:o4:1
# text = Acknowledgement of uncertainty, together with what is known
1	Acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	uncertainty	uncertainty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	together	together	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V» |

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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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