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title: A chatbot, having been instructed to select a team from a user's fri… — Why the bot agrees too easily · tree and pragmatics
description: A chatbot, having been instructed to select a team from a user's friends, excludes a newcomer. Ascertain where responsibility for the fairness of the selection resides. Exam question 4 of lesson 6 «Why the bot agrees too easily» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 4 · Why the bot agrees too easily

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A chatbot, having been instructed to select a team from a user's friends, excludes a newcomer. Ascertain where responsibility for the fairness of the selection resides.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chatbot, you, responsibility · **What happens:** instruct, select, exclude, ascertain, reside · **To what, where:** chatbot, team, newcomer

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A chatbot, having been instructed to select a team from a user's friends, excludes a newcomer.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily:e4:1
# text = A chatbot, having been instructed to select a team from a user's friends, excludes a newcomer.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	instructed	instruct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
17	excludes	exclude	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	newcomer	newcomer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **instruct** *speech: other* | gerund · perfect · passive |  | a chatbot *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: clause=Topic |
| 2 | **select** | to-infinitive |  | a team |  |  |  | from a user's friends | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent team=Theme from friend=Source |
| 3 | **exclude** | present | a chatbot | a newcomer |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer newcomer=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:* Ascertain where responsibility for the fairness of the selection resides.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily:e4:2
# text = Ascertain where responsibility for the fairness of the selection resides.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
3	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fairness	fairness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	selection	selection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	resides	reside	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **reside** | present | responsibility for the fairness of the selection |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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With the newcomer, for want of friendship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily:e4:o1:1
# text = With the newcomer, for want of friendship
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	newcomer	newcomer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	want	want	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** |  |  | friendship |  |  |  |  | nom want «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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With the chatbot, it having produced the list of names

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily:e4:o2:1
# text = With the chatbot, it having produced the list of names
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	aux	_	_
7	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | gerund · perfect · passive |  | chatbot |  |  |  | with the chatbot | tree rules |
| 2 | **list** |  |  | names |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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With the user, decisions concerning persons remaining his own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily:e4:o3:1
# text = With the user, decisions concerning persons remaining his own
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	decisions	decision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **person** |  | decisions |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **remain** | gerund | concerning persons *not said here* | his own |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme own=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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With no party, the decision having been mechanical

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily:e4:o4:1
# text = With no party, the decision having been mechanical
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	mechanical	mechanical	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund | the decision *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | participle | the decision | mechanical |  |  |  | with no party | tree rules |

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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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