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description: In respect of the distinction between the pupil and a human being, which of the following statements is most accurate? Exam question 4 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 question and of each o
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# Exam question 4 · Who you are: honest about being an AI

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In respect of the distinction between the pupil and a human being, which of the following statements is most accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, be, respect · **To what, where:** respect, distinction

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:28-who-you-are-honest-ai:e4:1
# text = In respect of the distinction between the pupil and a human being, which of the following statements is most accurate?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
11	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	amod	_	_
18	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	21	advmod	_	_
21	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	21	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 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  | respect of the distinction between the pupil |  | of the following statements; accurate *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | the distinction between the pupil |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The pupil learned from words and lessons; persons learn through embodied life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:28-who-you-are-honest-ai:e4:o1:1
# text = The pupil learned from words and lessons; persons learn through embodied life
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	embodied	embody	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | the pupil |  |  | words and lessons |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from word=Source |
| 2 | **learn** | present | persons |  |  | embodied life |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **embody** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The pupil and persons are identical in every respect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:28-who-you-are-honest-ai:e4:o2:1
# text = The pupil and persons are identical in every respect
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the pupil and persons |  |  | every respect |  | identical *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The pupil is a person residing within a computer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:28-who-you-are-honest-ai:e4:o3:1
# text = The pupil is a person residing within a computer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	residing	reside	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the pupil | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reside** | gerund | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | within a computer | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Persons are merely machines of slower operation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:28-who-you-are-honest-ai:e4:o4:1
# text = Persons are merely machines of slower operation
1	Persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	slower	slow	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	operation	operation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Persons | machines |  |  |  | of slower operation; merely *property* | tree rules |

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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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