Exam question 2 · Cheating at school: copying and peeking

Given that the pupils of a class are permitted to mark their own tests, identify the statement most consistent with this lesson.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupils · What happens: give, permit, mark, identify, test · To what, where: pupils, own tests, statement

This is exam question 2 of lesson 92 «Cheating at school: copying and peeking» of the religion ethics 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 permitted	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupils	det
4	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 permitted	nsubj:pass
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 class	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 class	det
7	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pupils	nmod
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 permitted	aux:pass
9	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Given	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 mark	mark
11	mark	mark	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 permitted	xcomp
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 tests	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 tests	amod
14	tests	test	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 mark	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 identify	punct
16	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 mark	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 statement	det
18	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 identify	obj
19	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	20 consistent	advmod
20	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 statement	amod
21	with	with	ADP	_	23 lesson	case
22	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 lesson	det
23	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 consistent	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	participle			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	permit	present · passive		the pupils of a class	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3	mark not said to happen	to-infinitive		pupils's own tests	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent test=Destination
4	identify	infinitive		the statement	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
5	test		pupils = pupil		nom test «cognition 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

The arrangement is unaffected by the honesty of the pupils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 arrangement	det
2	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unaffected	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unaffected	cop
4	unaffected	unaffected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 honesty	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 honesty	det
7	honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unaffected	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 pupils	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pupils	det
10	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 honesty	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the arrangement					by the honesty of the pupils; unaffected property	tree rules

Option 2

The arrangement renders cheating impossible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 renders	det
2	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 renders	compound
3	renders	render	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	cheating	cheat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 renders	acl
5	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cheating	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheat	gerund	the arrangement renders not said here					impossible property	vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The arrangement permits each pupil to award whatever mark he prefers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 arrangement	det
2	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permits	nsubj
3	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permits	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 award	mark
7	award	award	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 permits	advcl
8	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 award	obj
9	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 whatever	nsubj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 prefers	nsubj
11	prefers	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 whatever	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	permit	present	the arrangement	each pupil	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme
2	award	to-infinitive	the arrangement not said here	whatever	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent whatever=Theme
3	prefer	present	mark		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The arrangement depends upon trust, and the alteration of one's own mark constitutes cheating

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 arrangement	det
2	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depends	nsubj
3	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 trust	case
5	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depends	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 constitutes	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 constitutes	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 alteration	det
9	alteration	alteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 constitutes	nsubj
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 mark	case
11	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 mark	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 one	case
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 mark	amod
14	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 alteration	nmod
15	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 depends	conj
16	cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 constitutes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	depend	present	the arrangement		upon trust	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	constitute	present	the alteration of one's own mark	cheating		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cheating=Pivot
3	alter			one's own mark		nom alteration «event transitive»: of=patient
4	mark		one			nom mark «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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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