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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression "Great question!" when employed by a chatbot? Exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Why the bot agrees too easily» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 1 · Why the bot agrees too easily

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression "Great question!" when employed by a chatbot?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, employ · **To what, where:** expression

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Why the bot agrees too easily» 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/6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression "Great question!" when employed by a chatbot?
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	10	det	_	_
10	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
16	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
17	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	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 expression |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **employ** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by a chatbot | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: 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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An indication that the subsequent answer is erroneous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily:e1:o1:1
# text = An indication that the subsequent answer is erroneous
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	indication	indication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	erroneous	erroneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the subsequent answer | a indication *not said here* |  |  |  | erroneous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A rigorous and impartial evaluation of the merit of the question asked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily:e1:o2:1
# text = A rigorous and impartial evaluation of the merit of the question asked
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	rigorous	rigorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	impartial	impartial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	evaluation	evaluation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	merit	merit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | participle |  | the question *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **evaluate** |  |  | the merit of the question |  |  |  |  | nom evaluation «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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A customary courtesy implying no genuine assessment of the question

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily:e1:o3:1
# text = A customary courtesy implying no genuine assessment of the question
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	implying	imply	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
6	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	assessment	assessment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imply** | gerund | a customary courtesy *not said here* | no genuine assessment of the question |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot assessment=Topic |
| 2 | **assess** |  |  | the question |  |  |  |  | nom assessment «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A declaration of personal admiration for the user

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily:e1:o4:1
# text = A declaration of personal admiration for the user
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	declaration	declaration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	admiration	admiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** |  |  | personal admiration |  |  |  | for the user | nom declaration «communication transitive»: of=patient for=obl |

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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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