Exam question 2 · Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit

Which of the following most accurately characterises plagiarism?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 plagiarism	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 plagiarism	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 plagiarism	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 plagiarism	case
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	plagiarism	plagiarism	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 plagiarism	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present						accurately property	tree rules

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

The use of freely available facts in one's own words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 use	det
2	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 facts	case
4	freely	freely	ADV	_	5 available	advmod
5	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 facts	amod
6	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 use	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 words	case
8	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 words	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 one	case
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 words	amod
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 facts	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use			available facts in one's own words					nom use «act transitive»: of=patient
2	word		one						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The making of fan art with credit to its source

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 making	det
2	making	making	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 art	case
4	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 art	compound
5	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 making	nmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 credit	case
7	credit	credit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 making	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 source	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 source	nmod:poss
10	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 credit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make		fan art					with credit to credit's source	nom making «act intransitive»: of=agent with=obl

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The presentation of another person's words or work as one's own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 presentation	det
2	presentation	presentation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 words	case
4	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 words	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 person	case
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 presentation	nmod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 work	cc
9	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 words	conj
10	as	as	ADP	_	13 own	case
11	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 own	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 one	case
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 work	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present			another person's words or work as one's own					nom presentation «act transitive»: of=patient
2	word		another person						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The performance of a song written by another person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 performance	det
2	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 song	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 song	det
5	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 performance	nmod
6	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 performance	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle		the performance of a song not said here				by another person	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	perform			a song					nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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