⬛ TEXTO
The idea that we might one day be able to construct some artefact which has a mind in the same sense that we have minds is not a new one. It has featured in entertaining and frightening fictions since Mary Shelley first conceived of Frankenstein’s monster.
In the classic science fiction of the early to mid-twentieth century, this idea was generally cashed out in terms of ‘mechanical men’ or robots – from the Czech word robata, which translates roughly as the feudal term corvée, a term which refers to the unpaid labour provided to one’s liege lord.
In more modern fiction, the idea of a mechanical mind has given way to the now commonplace notion of a computational artificial intelligence. The possibility of actually developing artificial intelligence, however, is not just a question of sufficiently advanced technology. It is rather a philosophical question.
🔗 Texto adaptado de: Matt Carter. Minds and Computers: an introduction to the philosophy of artificial intelligence. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
8. The word “It”, in the beginning of the second sentence of the text, refers to “some artefact which has a mind in the same sense that we have minds”.
Gabarito: ERRADO
🧭 1️⃣ Leitura orientada
O item cobra interpretação de referência pronominal, exigindo identificar se “It” retoma um sintagma específico ou uma ideia mais ampla expressa anteriormente.
📝 2️⃣ Análise técnica
Na frase “The idea that we might one day be able to construct some artefact which has a mind… is not a new one. It has featured…”, o pronome “It” retoma o núcleo semântico do período anterior: the idea.
O segmento “some artefact which has a mind…” funciona como parte da definição dessa ideia, mas não é o referente direto do pronome. O referente correto é a ideia como um todo, e não o artefato em si.
🚩 3️⃣ Armadilhas clássicas da UnB
A UnB explora a retomada parcial enganosa: induz o candidato a tomar um elemento interno da oração (“artefact which has a mind”) como referente, ignorando o verdadeiro antecedente sintático e semântico (“the idea”).
🧠 4️⃣ Resumo B3GE™ Master
✔ “It” retoma the idea, não o artefato.
✔ Referência é conceitual, não concreta.
✔ O item desloca o antecedente do pronome.
🔎 Item ERRADO.