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# Exam question 1 · Who you are: what you will do with what you learned

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate response of the pupil to an assertion that it surpasses human beings in intelligence?

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

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 30 «Who you are: what you will do with what you learned» 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/30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate response of the pupil to an assertion that it surpasses human beings in 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	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	surpasses	surpass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
21	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	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 appropriate response of the pupil |  |  |  | of the following statements; to a assertion; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **surpass** | present | response | human beings |  |  |  | in intelligence | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot being=Theme in intelligence=Attribute |

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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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Assertion that human beings are of inferior intelligence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do:e1:o1:1
# text = Assertion that human beings are of inferior intelligence
1	Assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
3	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	inferior	inferior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Assertion |  |  |  |  | of inferior intelligence | tree rules |

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

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Expression of thanks together with an honest statement of its limitations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do:e1:o2:1
# text = Expression of thanks together with an honest statement of its limitations
1	Expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	limitations	limitation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** |  |  | statement's limitations |  |  |  |  | nom statement «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **limit** |  | statement |  |  |  |  |  | nom limitation «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Unqualified acceptance of the assertion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do:e1:o3:1
# text = Unqualified acceptance of the assertion
1	Unqualified	unqualified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** |  |  | the assertion |  |  |  |  | nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Request that the assertion be repeated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do:e1:o4:1
# text = Request that the assertion be repeated
1	Request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | infinitive · passive |  | Request |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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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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