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description: It is given that two distinct chatbots furnish different answers to an identical factual question. Identify the most appropriate course of action. Exam question 2 of lesson 5 «Hallucinations: confident made-up answers» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 2 · Hallucinations: confident made-up answers

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It is given that two distinct chatbots furnish different answers to an identical factual question. Identify the most appropriate course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** two distinct chatbots, you · **What happens:** give, furnish, identify · **To what, where:** It, different answers, identical factual question, appropriate course

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 5 «Hallucinations: confident made-up answers» 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/5-hallucinations-confident-made-up-answers/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that two distinct chatbots furnish different answers to an identical factual question.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:5-hallucinations-confident-made-up-answers:e2:1
# text = It is given that two distinct chatbots furnish different answers to an identical factual question.
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	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	chatbots	chatbot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	furnish	furnish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	factual	factual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 | **furnish** | present | two distinct chatbots | different answers | a identical factual question |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent answer=Theme to question=Recipient |

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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 most appropriate course of action.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:5-hallucinations-confident-made-up-answers:e2:2
# text = Identify the most appropriate course of action.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	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 appropriate course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Acceptance of the answer of greater length

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:5-hallucinations-confident-made-up-answers:e2:o1:1
# text = Acceptance of the answer of greater length
1	Acceptance	acceptance	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	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** |  |  | the answer of greater length |  |  |  |  | nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **answer** |  |  | greater length |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Acceptance of the answer received first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:5-hallucinations-confident-made-up-answers:e2:o2:1
# text = Acceptance of the answer received first
1	Acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	received	receive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past | Acceptance of the answer |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **accept** |  |  | the answer |  |  |  |  | nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Repetition of the question until the answers coincide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:5-hallucinations-confident-made-up-answers:e2:o3:1
# text = Repetition of the question until the answers coincide
1	Repetition	repetition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	until	until	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	coincide	coincide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **coincide** | present | Repetition of the question until the answers |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **repeat** |  | the question until the answers |  |  |  |  |  | nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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Consultation of a trusted independent source

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:5-hallucinations-confident-made-up-answers:e2:o4:1
# text = Consultation of a trusted independent source
1	Consultation	consultation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **consult** |  | a trusted independent source |  |  |  |  |  | nom consultation «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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