Exam question 2 · Copying and peeking in tests

Identify the principal reason for which a mark obtained by copying is of no value to the pupil.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal reason · What happens: identify, obtain, copy, be · To what, where: principal reason, mark

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 value	nsubj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 mark	det
8	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 value	nsubj
9	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 mark	acl
10	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 copying	mark
11	copying	copy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 obtained	advcl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 value	cop
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 value	case
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 value	det
15	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	parataxis
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 pupil	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 pupil	det
18	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 value	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	obtain	participle		a mark not said here		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	copy	gerund				vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	the principal reason		of no value; to the pupil	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

It is of value provided it remains undiscovered

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	5 provided	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 provided	cop
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 provided	mark
4	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 provided	nsubj
5	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 remains	nsubj
7	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 provided	ccomp
8	undiscovered	undiscovered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 provided	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					provide, undiscovered property	tree rules
2	remain	present	value						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It is invariably lower than an honest mark

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 lower	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lower	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 lower	advmod
4	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	8 mark	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 mark	det
7	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mark	amod
8	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lower	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					than a honest mark; invariably, low property	tree rules

Option 3

It is not recorded by the school

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 recorded	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 recorded	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 recorded	advmod
4	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 school	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 school	det
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recorded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not record	present · passive	the school	It					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It does not reflect the knowledge of the pupil

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 reflect	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reflect	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 reflect	advmod
4	reflect	reflect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 knowledge	det
6	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reflect	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 pupil	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pupil	det
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 knowledge	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not reflect	present · do-support	It	the knowledge of the pupil					tree rules

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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