Test 9 · ★★ · Cheating, rules and games

A classmate who is not religious asks, "If nobody can see you cheat, why bother being honest?" What is the most thoughtful answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: classmate, nobody, you, bother, thoughtful answer · What happens: not be, ask, see, cheat, be · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: A classmate who is not religious asks, "If nobody can see you cheat, why bother being honest?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 classmate	det
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asks	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 religious	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 religious	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 religious	advmod
6	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 classmate	acl:relcl
7	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 see	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 see	punct
10	If	if	SCONJ	_	13 see	mark
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 see	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 see	aux
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 asks	ccomp
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 see	obj
15	cheat	cheat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 see	xcomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 honest	punct
17	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	20 honest	advmod
18	bother	bother	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 honest	nsubj
19	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 honest	cop
20	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 see	parataxis
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	20 honest	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is	present	a classmate		religious property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	present	a classmate			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	see a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	can	nobody	you		tree rules
4	cheat in a quote	infinitive	you not said here			vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	is in a quote	gerund	bother		honest property	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.

Sentence 2: What is the most thoughtful 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	6 answer	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 thoughtful	advmod
5	thoughtful	thoughtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 answer	amod
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the thoughtful answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

You shouldn't bother, it only matters if you get caught

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 bother	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 bother	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 bother	advmod
4	bother	bother	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 matters	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 matters	nsubj
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 matters	advmod
8	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bother	parataxis
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 caught	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 caught	nsubj:pass
11	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 caught	aux:pass
12	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 matters	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not bother	should	You		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	matter	present	it		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3	catch a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		you	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Because cheating is still unfair to others and fools yourself; I also believe God sees

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 unfair	mark
2	cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unfair	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unfair	cop
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 unfair	advmod
5	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 believe	advcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 others	case
7	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 unfair	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fools	cc
9	fools	fool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unfair	conj
10	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 fools	obj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 unfair	punct
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 believe	nsubj
13	also	also	ADV	_	14 believe	advmod
14	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 sees	nsubj
16	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 believe	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	cheating		still	to others; unfair property	tree rules
2	fool	present	cheating not said here	yourself			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Patient
3	believe	present	I				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	see	present	God				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Because teachers secretly have cameras everywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 have	mark
2	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	cameras	camera	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 have	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	teachers	cameras				everywhere, secretly property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camera=Patient

Option 4

Because you will definitely get caught one day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 caught	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 caught	nsubj:pass
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 caught	aux
4	definitely	definitely	ADV	_	6 caught	advmod
5	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 caught	aux:pass
6	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 day	nummod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 caught	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	future · passive		you			day	definitely property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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