Exam question 1 · Copying and peeking in tests

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning repeated copying which has hitherto escaped detection.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish, repeat, copy, escape · To what, where: response, established facts, detection

This is exam question 1 of lesson 340 «Copying and peeking in tests» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	SCONJ	_	12 repeated	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 repeated	nsubj:pass
11	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 repeated	aux:pass
12	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 consistent	advcl
13	copying	copy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 repeated	advcl
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 escaped	nsubj:pass
15	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 escaped	aux
16	hitherto	hitherto	ADV	_	17 escaped	advmod
17	escaped	escape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 copying	ccomp
18	detection	detection	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 escaped	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	repeat	gerund · passive		the established facts		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
5	copy	gerund				tree rules
6	escape	present · perfect · passive		detection	hitherto 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

Repeated success renders copying permissible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 renders	amod
2	success	success	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 renders	compound
3	renders	render	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	copying	copy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 renders	acl
5	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 copying	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	copy	gerund	Repeated success renders not said here					permissible property	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Prior escape from detection affords no assurance against discovery, which commonly arises from identical errors

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 escape	amod
2	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 affords	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 detection	case
4	detection	detection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 escape	nmod
5	affords	afford	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 assurance	det
7	assurance	assurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 affords	obj
8	against	against	ADP	_	9 discovery	case
9	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 assurance	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 arises	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 arises	nsubj
12	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	13 arises	advmod
13	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 assurance	acl:relcl
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 errors	case
15	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 errors	amod
16	errors	error	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 arises	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	afford	present	Prior escape from detection	no assurance				against discovery	tree rules
2	arise	present	no assurance			identical errors		commonly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Copying is permissible in respect of homework but not of tests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Copying	copying	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 respect	case
5	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permissible	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 homework	case
7	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 respect	nmod
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 tests	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 tests	advmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 tests	case
11	tests	test	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 respect	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Copying			respect of homework but tests		permissible property	tree rules
2	respect			homework					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Undetected copying involves no consequence to any person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Undetected	undetected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 copying	amod
2	copying	copying	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 involves	nsubj
3	involves	involve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 consequence	det
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 involves	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 person	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 involves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	involve	present	Undetected copying	no consequence				to any person	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme

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