Test 15 · ★ · Honest work at school

got caught copying in the test, what now

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: catch, copy · To what, where: test

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 201 «Honest work at school» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. 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	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 caught	aux:pass
2	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	copying	copy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 caught	advcl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 test	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 test	det
6	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 copying	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 what	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 test	nmod
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 what	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive							vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»
2	copy	gerund				the test			vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in test=Destination

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

Deny it until they stop asking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deny	deny	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Deny	obj
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 stop	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stop	nsubj
5	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Deny	advcl
6	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stop	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	deny	imperative	you not said here	it	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	stop	present	they		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	ask speech: ask	gerund	they not said here		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Rip up the paper so there's no proof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rip	rip	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Rip	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 paper	det
4	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rip	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 's	advmod
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 's	expl
7	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Rip	parataxis
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 proof	det
9	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 's	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rip up	imperative	you not said here	the paper					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Patient
2	be	present	no proof			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Own up, say sorry and ask how to put it right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Own	own	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Own	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Own	conj
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 say	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ask	cc
7	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Own	conj
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 put	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 put	mark
10	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 ask	xcomp
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 put	obj
12	right	right	ADV	_	10 put	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	own up	imperative	you not said here			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	say speech: apologize	infinitive	you not said here		sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	put not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	it	right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Say your friend copied from you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 friend	nmod:poss
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Say	obj
4	copied	copy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 friend	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 you	case
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 copied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	your friend					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent friend=Topic
2	copy	participle		your friend not said here				from you	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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