Exam question 2 · Honest work at school

Which of the following most accurately characterises the presentation of another person's writing as one's own?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person · What happens: follow, characteris, present, write · To what, where: presentation, writing

This is exam question 2 of lesson 201 «Honest work at school» of the everyday 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 presentation	det
9	presentation	presentation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 writing	case
11	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 writing	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 person	case
14	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 presentation	nmod
15	as	as	ADP	_	18 own	case
16	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 own	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 one	case
18	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 writing	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the presentation of another person's writing as one's own	accurately property	tree rules
3	present			another person's writing as one's own		nom presentation «act transitive»: of=patient
4	write		another person			nom writing «act transitive»: poss=agent

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

It is acceptable when the source is a website

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 acceptable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 acceptable	cop
3	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 website	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 source	det
6	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 website	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 website	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 website	det
9	website	website	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acceptable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					acceptable property	tree rules
2	is a	present	the source	a website					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is plagiarism, a form of cheating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 plagiarism	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 plagiarism	cop
3	plagiarism	plagiarism	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 form	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 form	det
6	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plagiarism	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 cheating	case
8	cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	plagiarism					tree rules
2	form			cheating					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It is permissible provided some words are altered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 provided	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	aux:pass
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	amod
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 words	det
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 altered	nsubj:pass
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 altered	aux:pass
8	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present · passive		It					tree rules
2	alter	present · passive		some words					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 4

It is legitimate research requiring no acknowledgement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 research	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 research	cop
3	legitimate	legitimate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 research	amod
4	research	research	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 research	acl
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 acknowledgement	det
7	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 requiring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	legitimate research					tree rules
2	require	gerund	legitimate research not said here	no acknowledgement					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme acknowledgement=Precondition

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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