Test 9 · ★ · Copying and peeking in tests
«answers r in the back lol just copy em». Why is that bad advice?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: copy, be · To what, where: em
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 340 «Copying and peeking in tests» 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: «answers r in the back lol just copy em».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 r | punct |
| 2 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 r | nsubj |
| 3 | r | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 back | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 back | det |
| 6 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 r | obl |
| 7 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 9 copy | discourse |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 copy | advmod |
| 9 | copy | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 r | conj |
| 10 | em | em | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 copy | obj |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 r | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 r | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy in a quote | infinitive | em | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent em=Theme |
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: Why is that bad advice?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | cop |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 advice | mark |
| 4 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 advice | amod |
| 5 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | advcl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | why property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Teachers don't mind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 mind | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mind | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 mind | advmod |
| 4 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mind | present · do-support | Teachers | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
The answers in the back are wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 answers | det |
| 2 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 wrong | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 back | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 back | det |
| 5 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 answers | nmod |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 wrong | cop |
| 7 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the answers in the back | wrong property | tree rules |
Option 3
It takes longer than doing the sums
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 | 2 takes | nsubj |
| 2 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 takes | advmod |
| 4 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 5 doing | mark |
| 5 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 takes | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sums | det |
| 7 | sums | sum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 doing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | It | long property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | do | gerund | the sums | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
You learn nothing, and the teacher sees there's no working
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 learn | nsubj |
| 2 | learn | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 learn | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sees | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 sees | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 teacher | det |
| 7 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sees | nsubj |
| 8 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 learn | conj |
| 9 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 10 's | expl |
| 10 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sees | ccomp |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 working | det |
| 12 | working | working | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 's | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present | You | nothing | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | ||||
| 2 | see | present | the teacher | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | be | present | no working | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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