Exam question 1 · The copier and the one who competes at everything

Identify the principal distinction between imitating a peer's clothing and presenting a peer's work as one's own.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal distinction, peer · What happens: identify, imitate, present, work · To what, where: principal distinction, clothing, work

This is exam question 1 of lesson 469 «The copier and the one who competes at everything» 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 distinction	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 distinction	amod
4	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	between	between	ADP	_	6 imitating	mark
6	imitating	imitate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 distinction	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 peer	det
8	peer	peer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 clothing	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 peer	case
10	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 imitating	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 presenting	cc
12	presenting	present	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 imitating	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 peer	det
14	peer	peer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 work	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 peer	case
16	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 presenting	obj
17	as	as	ADP	_	20 own	case
18	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 own	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 one	case
20	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 presenting	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal distinction		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent distinction=Theme
2	imitate	gerund	the principal distinction not said here	a peer's clothing		vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothing=Theme
3	present	gerund	the principal distinction not said here	a peer's work	as one's own	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme
4	work		a peer			nom work «act intransitive»: 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

The former is unlawful whereas the latter is not

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 unlawful	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unlawful	cop
4	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	7 latter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 latter	det
7	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 unlawful	obl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 not	cop
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 unlawful	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the former					whereas the latter; unlawful property	tree rules

Option 2

Neither is of any consequence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	5 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 consequence	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 consequence	det
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Neither					of any consequence	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The latter wrongly claims credit for another's effort

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 latter	det
2	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 claims	nsubj
3	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	_	4 claims	advmod
4	claims	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	credit	credit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 claims	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 effort	case
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	9 effort	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 another	case
9	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 claims	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	present	the latter	credit				for another's effort; wrongly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent credit=Topic

Option 4

Both are invariably signs of admiration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 signs	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 signs	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 signs	advmod
4	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 admiration	case
6	admiration	admiration	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 signs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Both	signs				of admiration; invariably property	tree rules

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