Exam question 4 · Copying and peeking in tests

Determine the most appropriate conduct of a pupil who has submitted as his own a project constructed by a parent.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pupil · What happens: determine, submit, construct, conduct, project · To what, where: appropriate conduct, own project, pupil

This is exam question 4 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conduct	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 conduct	amod
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 pupil	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pupil	det
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conduct	nmod
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 submitted	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 submitted	aux
11	submitted	submit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 pupil	acl:relcl
12	as	as	ADP	_	16 project	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 project	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 project	amod
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 project	det
16	project	project	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 submitted	obl
17	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 project	acl
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 parent	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 parent	det
20	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 constructed	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate conduct of a pupil		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	submit	present · perfect	a pupil		as pupil's own project	vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	construct	participle		pupil's own project not said here	by a parent	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	conduct			a pupil		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient
5	project		pupil			nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent

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

He ought to attribute the error to the teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 attribute	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 attribute	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 attribute	mark
4	attribute	attribute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 error	det
6	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attribute	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 teacher	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 teacher	det
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attribute	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute	ought	He	the error				to the teacher	tree rules

Option 2

He ought to maintain that he constructed it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 maintain	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 maintain	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 maintain	mark
4	maintain	maintain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 constructed	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 constructed	nsubj
7	constructed	construct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 maintain	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 constructed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	maintain	ought	He						vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent
2	construct	past	he	it					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result

Option 3

He ought to withdraw the project without explanation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 withdraw	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 withdraw	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 withdraw	mark
4	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 project	det
6	project	project	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 withdraw	obj
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 explanation	case
8	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 withdraw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	ought	He	the project				without explanation	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent project=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He ought to admit the matter and undertake a project of his own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 admit	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 admit	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 admit	mark
4	admit	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 matter	det
6	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 admit	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 undertake	cc
8	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 admit	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 project	det
10	project	project	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 undertake	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 own	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 own	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 project	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	ought	He	the matter					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Theme
2	undertake	infinitive	He not said here	a project of his own					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent project=Eventuality

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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