Test 5 · ★ · Honest work at school
A girl in Austin uses a chatbot to explain fractions, then does her worksheet herself. Is this cheating?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: use, explain, do, be · To what, where: chatbot, fractions, worksheet, cheating
This is test 5 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A girl in Austin uses a chatbot to explain fractions, then does her worksheet herself.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 uses | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Austin | case |
| 4 | Austin | Austin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 chatbot | det |
| 7 | chatbot | chatbot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 uses | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 explain | mark |
| 9 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 uses | advcl |
| 10 | fractions | fraction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 explain | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 does | punct |
| 12 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 does | advmod |
| 13 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 uses | conj |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 worksheet | nmod:poss |
| 15 | worksheet | worksheet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 does | obj |
| 16 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 13 does | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 uses | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | a girl in Austin | a chatbot | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chatbot=Patient | ||||
| 2 | explain speech: assert | to-infinitive | a girl in Austin not said here | fractions | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fraction=Topic | ||||
| 3 | do | present | a girl in Austin not said here | girl's worksheet | then | girl obl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worksheet=Eventuality |
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.
Sentence 2: Is this cheating?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cheating | cop |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 cheating | det |
| 3 | cheating | cheating | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 cheating | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this cheating | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, and she could hand in its answers too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 hand | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 hand | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 hand | cc |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 hand | nsubj |
| 5 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 hand | aux |
| 6 | hand | hand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 answers | case |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 answers | nmod:poss |
| 9 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hand | obl |
| 10 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 hand | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hand | could | she | its answers | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | answer | its = it | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, because she learned something
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 learned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 learned | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 learned | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 learned | nsubj |
| 5 | learned | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 learned | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | past | she | something | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic |
Option 3
Yes, any use of a chatbot is cheating
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 cheating | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 use | det |
| 4 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cheating | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 chatbot | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 chatbot | det |
| 7 | chatbot | chatbot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 use | nmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 cheating | aux |
| 9 | cheating | cheat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cheat | present · progressive | any use of a chatbot | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | use | a chatbot | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, if school rules allow it, using it to understand is fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 allow | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 allow | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 allow | mark |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rules | compound |
| 5 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 allow | nsubj |
| 6 | allow | allow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 fine | parataxis |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 allow | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 using | punct |
| 9 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 allow | advcl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 using | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 understand | mark |
| 12 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 using | advcl |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 fine | cop |
| 14 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow a condition, not said to happen | present | school rules | it | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | use | gerund | school rules not said here | it | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 3 | understand | to-infinitive | school rules not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | is | present | fine property | tree rules |
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