Exam question 4 · Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks

State the effect of repeated false alarms, such as pretending to be hurt.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: repeat, pretend, hurt, effect · To what, where: repeated false alarms

This is exam question 4 of lesson 312 «Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effect	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 effect	det
3	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 alarms	case
5	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 alarms	amod
6	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 alarms	amod
7	alarms	alarm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 effect	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 pretending	punct
9	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	11 pretending	mark
10	as	as	ADP	_	9 such	fixed
11	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 alarms	nmod
12	to	to	PART	_	14 hurt	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 hurt	aux:pass
14	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 pretending	xcomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 effect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	repeat	participle		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	pretend	gerund		tree rules
3	hurt	to-infinitive · passive		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
4	effect		repeated false alarms	nom effect «phenomenon 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

They are rewarded by teachers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 rewarded	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rewarded	aux:pass
3	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 teachers	case
5	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rewarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	present · passive	teachers	They					vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

Option 2

They have no effect upon trust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 trust	case
6	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	They	no effect				upon trust	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

Option 3

They improve the response of helpers, who become quicker with practice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 improve	nsubj
2	improve	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 response	det
4	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improve	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 helpers	case
6	helpers	helper	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 response	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 become	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 become	nsubj
9	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 helpers	acl:relcl
10	quicker	quick	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 become	advmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 practice	case
12	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 become	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	present	They	the response of helpers					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent response=Patient
2	become	present	helpers					with practice; quick property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They make it harder for people to be believed later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 make	obj
4	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 make	xcomp
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 believed	mark
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 believed	nsubj:pass
7	to	to	PART	_	9 believed	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 believed	aux:pass
9	believed	believe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 harder	advcl
10	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 make	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	They	it				hard, late property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
2	believe	to-infinitive · passive		people					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

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