Exam question 1 · Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit

Identify the principal circumstance in which the tracing of a drawing becomes dishonest.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, tracing · What happens: identify, become, trace · To what, where: principal circumstance, drawing

This is exam question 1 of lesson 35 «Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit» of the arts 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 circumstance	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 circumstance	amod
4	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 becomes	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tracing	det
8	tracing	tracing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 becomes	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 drawing	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 drawing	det
11	drawing	drawing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tracing	nmod
12	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 circumstance	parataxis
13	dishonest	dishonest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 becomes	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal circumstance			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme
2	become	present	the tracing of a drawing		the principal circumstance	dishonest property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in which=Result
3	trace			a drawing			nom tracing «act transitive»: of=patient

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Where the tracing is subsequently coloured by the person who traced it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 coloured	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tracing	det
3	tracing	tracing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coloured	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 coloured	aux:pass
5	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	6 coloured	advmod
6	coloured	colour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coloured	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 traced	nsubj
11	traced	trace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 person	acl:relcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 traced	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	colour	present · passive	the person	the tracing				subsequently property	tree rules
2	trace	past	the person	tracing					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Where the tracing is performed for the purposes of practice at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 performed	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tracing	det
3	tracing	tracing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 performed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 performed	aux:pass
5	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 purposes	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 purposes	det
8	purposes	purpose	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 performed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 practice	case
10	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 purposes	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 home	case
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 performed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · passive		the tracing		home		for the purposes of practice	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for purpose=Beneficiary
2	purpose		practice						nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

Where it is displayed at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	4 displayed	advmod
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 displayed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 displayed	aux:pass
4	displayed	display	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 home	case
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 displayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	display	present · passive		it		home			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Where it is presented as original

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	4 presented	advmod
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 presented	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 presented	aux:pass
4	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 original	case
6	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 presented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	present · passive		it				as original	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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