Exam question 4 · Cheating at school: copying and peeking

Ascertain the most appropriate course of action for a pupil who is tempted to cheat by reason of fear.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, tempt, cheat · To what, where: appropriate course, pupil

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 course	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 course	amod
5	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 action	case
7	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 course	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 pupil	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pupil	det
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 tempted	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 tempted	aux:pass
13	tempted	tempt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 pupil	acl:relcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 cheat	mark
15	cheat	cheat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 tempted	xcomp
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 reason	case
17	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cheat	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 fear	case
19	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 reason	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action	for a pupil	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition course=Theme for pupil=Beneficiary
2	tempt	present · passive		a pupil		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	cheat	to-infinitive			by reason of fear	vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 concealment of notes upon the person in a less visible location

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 concealment	det
2	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 notes	case
4	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 concealment	nmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 person	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealment	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	12 location	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 location	det
10	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 visible	advmod
11	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 location	amod
12	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal			notes		a visible location		upon the person	nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient upon=obl in=place

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The communication of the difficulty to the teacher, with a view to obtaining assistance

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 communication	det
2	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 difficulty	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 difficulty	det
5	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 communication	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 teacher	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 teacher	det
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 difficulty	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 view	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 view	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 view	det
12	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 communication	conj
13	to	to	SCONJ	_	14 obtaining	mark
14	obtaining	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 view	acl
15	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 obtaining	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	gerund		assistance					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset assistance=Theme
2	communicate		the difficulty to the teacher						nom communication «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The deliberate absence from the test on a pretext

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 absence	det
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 absence	amod
3	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 test	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 test	det
6	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 absence	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 pretext	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pretext	det
9	pretext	pretext	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 test	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The copying of answers from a neighbouring pupil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 copying	det
2	copying	copying	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 answers	case
4	answers	answer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 copying	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 pupil	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pupil	det
7	neighbouring	neighbouring	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pupil	compound
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answers	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy			answers from a neighbouring pupil					nom copying «act transitive»: of=patient

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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