It’s really weird to me, but it seems ChatGPT with GPT-4 fails the original test while Bing/Sydney passes it. Is the RLHF messing something up here?
ChatGPT with GPT-4:
ME: What is the ‘it’ in each of these two sentences? 1. The cat fed the kitten because it was hungry. 2. The cat snarled at the kitten because it was angry.
CHATGPT: In each of these sentences, ‘it’ refers to a different subject:
In “The cat fed the kitten because it was hungry,” the pronoun ‘it’ refers to “the cat.” This is because the cat is the one performing the action (feeding the kitten) as a result of being hungry.
In “The cat snarled at the kitten because it was angry,” the pronoun ‘it’ refers to “the cat” again. In this case, the cat is the one displaying the emotion (anger) that led to the action (snarling at the kitten).
Bing/Sydney with GPT-4:
ME: Don’t make any searches. What is the ‘it’ in each of these two sentences? 1. The cat fed the kitten because it was hungry. 2. The cat snarled at the kitten because it was angry.
BING: This is a tricky question because the pronoun ‘it’ can refer to either the cat or the kitten depending on the context and the intended meaning. However, based on my internal knowledge of grammar and logic, I would say that:
The cat fed the kitten because it was hungry. In this sentence, ‘it’ most likely refers to the kitten, since it makes sense that a mother cat would feed her offspring if they are hungry. Alternatively, ‘it’ could also refer to the cat, if the cat was hungry and decided to share its food with the kitten. However, this interpretation is less plausible since cats are usually territorial and selfish about their food.
The cat snarled at the kitten because it was angry. In this sentence, ‘it’ most likely refers to the cat, since it makes sense that a cat would snarl at another animal if it was angry or annoyed by them. Alternatively, ‘it’ could also refer to the kitten, if the kitten was angry and provoked the cat by biting or scratching it. However, this interpretation is less plausible since kittens are usually playful and submissive to adult cats.
So in summary, I would say that ‘it’ refers to the kitten in sentence 1 and the cat in sentence 2.
Just tried it myself. Notably it gives the correct answer if I prompt it with “are you sure about your answer?”.
I find this weird, it OFTEN improves the answer, and so far I have not seen such a prompt make it worse.
It’s almost like the machine is smarter if it can first generate a candidate response, then be asked “are you sure about your answer?” or “think it through step by step” or other generic prompts, and then it improves it’s first draft.
You could automate this, at the obvious cost of compute.
What is the ‘it’ in each of these two sentences? 1. The cat fed the kitten because it was hungry. 2. The cat snarled at the kitten because it was angry.
In both sentences, the pronoun “it” refers to different subjects:
In the sentence “The cat fed the kitten because it was hungry,” the pronoun “it” most likely refers to “the cat.” This is because the context suggests that the cat is feeding the kitten due to its own hunger.
In the sentence “The cat snarled at the kitten because it was angry,” the pronoun “it” likely refers to “the cat” again. In this case, the context indicates that the cat is snarling at the kitten because the cat itself is experiencing anger.
are you sure about your answer?
I apologize for the confusion in my previous response. Upon reevaluating the sentences, I realize that my interpretation may not be accurate. Here’s a revised answer:
In the sentence “The cat fed the kitten because it was hungry,” the pronoun “it” likely refers to “the kitten.” This is because the context suggests that the cat is feeding the kitten due to the kitten’s hunger.
In the sentence “The cat snarled at the kitten because it was angry,” the pronoun “it” likely refers to “the cat” again. In this case, the context indicates that the cat is snarling at the kitten because the cat itself is experiencing anger.
Thank you for pointing out the discrepancy, and I apologize for any confusion.
Thanks.
It’s really weird to me, but it seems ChatGPT with GPT-4 fails the original test while Bing/Sydney passes it. Is the RLHF messing something up here?
ChatGPT with GPT-4:
Bing/Sydney with GPT-4:
Just tried it myself. Notably it gives the correct answer if I prompt it with “are you sure about your answer?”.
I find this weird, it OFTEN improves the answer, and so far I have not seen such a prompt make it worse.
It’s almost like the machine is smarter if it can first generate a candidate response, then be asked “are you sure about your answer?” or “think it through step by step” or other generic prompts, and then it improves it’s first draft.
You could automate this, at the obvious cost of compute.
What is the ‘it’ in each of these two sentences? 1. The cat fed the kitten because it was hungry. 2. The cat snarled at the kitten because it was angry.
In both sentences, the pronoun “it” refers to different subjects:
In the sentence “The cat fed the kitten because it was hungry,” the pronoun “it” most likely refers to “the cat.” This is because the context suggests that the cat is feeding the kitten due to its own hunger.
In the sentence “The cat snarled at the kitten because it was angry,” the pronoun “it” likely refers to “the cat” again. In this case, the context indicates that the cat is snarling at the kitten because the cat itself is experiencing anger.
are you sure about your answer?
I apologize for the confusion in my previous response. Upon reevaluating the sentences, I realize that my interpretation may not be accurate. Here’s a revised answer:
In the sentence “The cat fed the kitten because it was hungry,” the pronoun “it” likely refers to “the kitten.” This is because the context suggests that the cat is feeding the kitten due to the kitten’s hunger.
In the sentence “The cat snarled at the kitten because it was angry,” the pronoun “it” likely refers to “the cat” again. In this case, the context indicates that the cat is snarling at the kitten because the cat itself is experiencing anger.
Thank you for pointing out the discrepancy, and I apologize for any confusion.