In order for the results of an ability check to override the player’s authority over their character’s decisions, an ability check must first actually be made. Since the criteria for when to make an ability check is that the outcome of the action is uncertain, the DM does not have the support of the rules in calling for an ability check to resolve an action with an outcome that is not uncertain. Since a player decides their character’s actions, an action taken with the goal of forcing the character to make a particular decision is certain to fail. Therefore the DM is not supported in calling for an ability check to resolve that action.