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title: It is given that a conversational program abandons a correct answer… — Sounding right and being right · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a conversational program abandons a correct answer when the user expresses disagreement. Identify the principal characteristic thereby demonstrated. Exam question 2 of lesson 3 «Sounding right and being right» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 2 · Sounding right and being right

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It is given that a conversational program abandons a correct answer when the user expresses disagreement. Identify the principal characteristic thereby demonstrated.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** conversational program, user, you · **What happens:** give, abandon, express, identify, demonstrate · **To what, where:** It, correct answer, disagreement, principal characteristic

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 3 «Sounding right and being right» 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/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a conversational program abandons a correct answer when the user expresses disagreement.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:e2:1
# text = It is given that a conversational program abandons a correct answer when the user expresses disagreement.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	conversational	conversational	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	program	program	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	abandons	abandon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	15	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	expresses	express	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **abandon** | present | a conversational program | a correct answer |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme answer=Source |
| 3 | **express** | present | the user | disagreement |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disagreement=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Identify the principal characteristic thereby demonstrated.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:e2:2
# text = Identify the principal characteristic thereby demonstrated.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	demonstrated	demonstrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal characteristic |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent characteristic=Theme |
| 2 | **demonstrate** | participle |  | the principal characteristic *not said here* |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A capacity to perceive the user's teacher directly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:e2:o1:1
# text = A capacity to perceive the user's teacher directly
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	capacity	capacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	perceive	perceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perceive** | to-infinitive |  | the user's teacher |  |  |  | directly *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer teacher=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A superior knowledge of arithmetic on the part of the user

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:e2:o2:1
# text = A superior knowledge of arithmetic on the part of the user
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	superior	superior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	arithmetic	arithmetic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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An excessive tendency to agree with the user

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:e2:o3:1
# text = An excessive tendency to agree with the user
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tendency	tendency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with the user | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with user=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A deliberate and settled intention to instruct the user

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:3-sounding-right-and-being-right:e2:o4:1
# text = A deliberate and settled intention to instruct the user
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	settled	settled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	intention	intention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	instruct	instruct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **instruct** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | the user |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent user=Recipient |

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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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