Supervised machine learning includes:

$$ A$)$ programmers supervising the machine learning program.

$$ B$)$ training a system by providing specific examples of desired inputs and outputs identified by humans in advance.

$$ C$)$ programs that process a development database and report whatever patterns they find.

$$ D$)$ complex computer programs that decide what they want to learn.

$$ E$)$ using very large databases to store common sense knowledge, then searching the database for patterns.