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# Exam question 1 · Asking well, being polite, knowing when to stop

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the capacity of a chatbot to preserve confidences?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, preserve · **To what, where:** capacity, confidences

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 8 «Asking well, being polite, knowing when to stop» 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/8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the capacity of a chatbot to preserve confidences?
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	capacity	capacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	preserve	preserve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
16	confidences	confidence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 capacity of a chatbot |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **preserve** | to-infinitive |  | confidences |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confidence=Beneficiary |

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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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It discloses confidences only to other chatbots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:e1:o1:1
# text = It discloses confidences only to other chatbots
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	discloses	disclose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	confidences	confidence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	chatbots	chatbot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** | present | It | confidences | other chatbots |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent confidence=Topic to chatbot=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It forgets every disclosure immediately and irrevocably

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:e1:o2:1
# text = It forgets every disclosure immediately and irrevocably
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgets	forget	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	irrevocably	irrevocably	ADV	RB	_	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present | It | every disclosure |  |  |  | immediately *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is bound to absolute secrecy in respect of all users and all conversations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:e1:o3:1
# text = It is bound to absolute secrecy in respect of all users and all conversations
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	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	absolute	absolute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	secrecy	secrecy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	users	user	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	conversations	conversation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | present · passive |  | It |  | respect of all users and all conversations |  | to absolute secrecy | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to secrecy=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | all users and all conversations |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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

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It cannot guarantee confidentiality, conversations being liable to storage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop:e1:o4:1
# text = It cannot guarantee confidentiality, conversations being liable to storage
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	guarantee	guarantee	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	confidentiality	confidentiality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	conversations	conversation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	liable	liable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	storage	storage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **guarantee** | can | It | confidentiality |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition confidentiality=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | conversations |  |  |  |  | to storage; liable *property* | 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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