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title: Ascertain the use of a chatbot which accords with honest learning. — The essay the teacher spotted · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the use of a chatbot which accords with honest learning. Exam question 4 of lesson 9 «The essay the teacher spotted» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · The essay the teacher spotted

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Ascertain the use of a chatbot which accords with honest learning.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, chatbot · **What happens:** ascertain, accord, use · **To what, where:** use, chatbot

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 9 «The essay the teacher spotted» 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/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the use of a chatbot which accords with honest learning.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	accords	accord	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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* | the use of a chatbot |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Topic |
| 2 | **accord** | present | a chatbot |  |  |  |  | with honest learning | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **use** |  |  | a chatbot |  |  |  |  | nom use «act 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Obtaining a poem for entry in a competition under one's own name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:e4:o1:1
# text = Obtaining a poem for entry in a competition under one's own name
1	Obtaining	obtain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	entry	entry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	competition	competition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | gerund |  | a poem |  | a competition |  | for entry; under one's own name | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent poem=Theme for entry=Asset |
| 2 | **name** |  | one |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Obtaining completed answers for submission as one's own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:e4:o2:1
# text = Obtaining completed answers for submission as one's own
1	Obtaining	obtain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	completed	complete	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	submission	submission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | gerund |  | completed answers |  |  |  | for submission; as one's own | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent answer=Theme for submission=Asset |
| 2 | **complete** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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

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Obtaining an alternative explanation, followed by independent completion of the exercises

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:e4:o3:1
# text = Obtaining an alternative explanation, followed by independent completion of the exercises
1	Obtaining	obtain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj:pass	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	alternative	alternative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	exercises	exercise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | gerund |  | a alternative explanation |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset explanation=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** | participle | Obtaining |  |  |  |  | by independent completion of the exercises | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by completion=Location |
| 3 | **complete** |  |  | the exercises |  |  |  |  | nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Obtaining a personal narrative of events which never occurred

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:e4:o4:1
# text = Obtaining a personal narrative of events which never occurred
1	Obtaining	obtain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	occurred	occur	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | gerund |  | a personal narrative of events |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset narrative=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **occur** | past | a personal narrative of events |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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