Test 4 · ★★ · Cheating, rules and games
Your friend says, "My dad did my whole project, but I coloured it in, so it's mine." What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, dad, my, best answer · What happens: say, do, colour, be, project · To what, where: whole project, project, friend · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 44 «Cheating, rules and games» of the religion ethics 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: Your friend says, "My dad did my whole project, but I coloured it in, so it's mine."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 did | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 did | punct |
| 6 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 dad | nmod:poss |
| 7 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 did | nsubj |
| 8 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 project | nmod:poss |
| 10 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 project | amod |
| 11 | project | project | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 did | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 coloured | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 coloured | cc |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 coloured | nsubj |
| 15 | coloured | colour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 did | conj |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 coloured | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADV | _ | 15 coloured | advmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 mine | punct |
| 19 | so | so | ADV | _ | 22 mine | advmod |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 mine | nsubj |
| 21 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 mine | cop |
| 22 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 says | ccomp |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do in a quote | past | My dad | my whole project | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent project=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | colour in a quote | past | Your friend = friend | project | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | friend | Your friend = friend | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | project in a quote | my | 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.
Sentence 2: What is the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It's fine as long as the teacher gives it a gold star
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 | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 long | advmod |
| 5 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 fine | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 gives | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 teacher | det |
| 8 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gives | nsubj |
| 9 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | advcl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gives | obj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 star | det |
| 12 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 star | compound |
| 13 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gives | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine, long property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | give | present | the teacher | it | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient star=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, colouring it in makes the whole project yours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 colouring | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | colouring | colour | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 makes | csubj |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 colouring | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 colouring | compound:prt |
| 6 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 project | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 project | amod |
| 9 | project | project | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 makes | obj |
| 10 | yours | your | PRON | Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | colour in | gerund | it | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | present | colouring | the whole project | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset project=Product |
Option 3
Yes, because dads are allowed to do homework for their children whenever they like
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 allowed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 allowed | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 allowed | mark |
| 4 | dads | dad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 allowed | aux:pass |
| 6 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 do | mark |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 allowed | xcomp |
| 9 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 do | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 children | case |
| 11 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 children | nmod:poss |
| 12 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 do | obl |
| 13 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 15 like | advmod |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 like | nsubj |
| 15 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 allowed | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | dads | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | dads not said here | homework | for dads's children | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | like | present | dads = dad | whenever property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
If your dad did the work, it isn't really yours and you didn't learn it
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 did | mark |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 yours | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 work | det |
| 6 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 yours | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 yours | cop |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 yours | advmod |
| 11 | really | really | ADV | _ | 12 yours | advmod |
| 12 | yours | your | PRON | Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 learn | cc |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 learn | nsubj |
| 15 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 learn | aux |
| 16 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 learn | advmod |
| 17 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 yours | conj |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 learn | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do a condition, not said to happen | past | your dad | the work | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | not is a | present | work | yours | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not learn | past · do-support | you | work | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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