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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an appropriate response to a claim which the pupil is unable to verify? Exam question 1 of lesson 28 «Who you are: honest about being an AI» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 1 · Who you are: honest about being an AI

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an appropriate response to a claim which the pupil is unable to verify?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** claim · **What happens:** follow, characteris, be, verify · **To what, where:** appropriate response

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 28 «Who you are: honest about being an AI» 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/28-who-you-are-honest-ai/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:28-who-you-are-honest-ai:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an appropriate response to a claim which the pupil is unable to verify?
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	acl:relcl	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	verify	verify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	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 |  | a appropriate response |  |  |  | of the following statements; to a claim; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | a claim |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **verify** | to-infinitive | a claim *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «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 claim is to be asserted as certainly false

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:28-who-you-are-honest-ai:e1:o1:1
# text = The claim is to be asserted as certainly false
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	asserted	assert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assert** | present · passive |  | the claim |  |  |  | false *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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The claim is to be labelled as reported or unverifiable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:28-who-you-are-honest-ai:e1:o2:1
# text = The claim is to be labelled as reported or unverifiable
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	labelled	labell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	unverifiable	unverifiable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **labell** | present · passive |  | the claim |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **report** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The claim is to be repeated without qualification

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:28-who-you-are-honest-ai:e1:o3:1
# text = The claim is to be repeated without qualification
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	qualification	qualification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | present · passive |  | the claim |  |  |  | without qualification | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The claim is to be asserted as established fact, its source being presumed reliable

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:28-who-you-are-honest-ai:e1:o4:1
# text = The claim is to be asserted as established fact, its source being presumed reliable
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	asserted	assert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	presumed	presume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
15	reliable	reliable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assert** | present · passive |  | the claim |  |  |  | as established fact | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **presume** | gerund · passive |  | claim's source |  |  |  | reliable *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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