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title: It is given that a chatbot furnishes, in respect of a forthcoming fi… — Why the bot agrees too easily · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a chatbot furnishes, in respect of a forthcoming fixture, a date belonging to the previous year. Identify the principal reason. Exam question 2 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 quest
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# Exam question 2 · Why the bot agrees too easily

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It is given that a chatbot furnishes, in respect of a forthcoming fixture, a date belonging to the previous year. Identify the principal reason.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chatbot, date, you · **What happens:** give, furnish, belong, respect, identify · **To what, where:** It, forthcoming fixture, principal reason

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a chatbot furnishes, in respect of a forthcoming fixture, a date belonging to the previous year.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily:e2:1
# text = It is given that a chatbot furnishes, in respect of a forthcoming fixture, a date belonging to the previous year.
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	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	furnishes	furnish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	forthcoming	forthcoming	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	fixture	fixture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
18	belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	acl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	previous	previous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 | a chatbot |  |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **belong** | gerund | a date *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **respect** |  |  | a forthcoming fixture and a date |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Identify the principal reason.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily:e2:2
# text = Identify the principal reason.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sporting fixtures are invariably held upon identical dates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily:e2:o1:1
# text = Sporting fixtures are invariably held upon identical dates
1	Sporting	sport	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	fixtures	fixture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sport** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | present · passive |  | Sporting fixtures |  | identical dates |  | invariably *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme upon date=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is forbidden from disclosing future dates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily:e2:o2:1
# text = It is forbidden from disclosing future dates
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	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	disclosing	disclose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **disclose** | gerund |  | future dates |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot date=Topic |

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

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Its information may be outdated and it may lack access to current sources

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily:e2:o3:1
# text = Its information may be outdated and it may lack access to current sources
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	outdated	outdated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	lack	lack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	access	access	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	current	current	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	sources	source	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | may | Its information |  |  |  |  | outdated *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lack** | may | information | access |  |  |  | to current sources | tree rules |
| 3 | **inform** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom information «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It deliberately confuses the user for amusement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily:e2:o4:1
# text = It deliberately confuses the user for amusement
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	confuses	confuse	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	amusement	amusement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confuse** | present | It | the user |  |  |  | for amusement; deliberately *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent user=Patient |

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