Test 1 · Cheating at school: copying and peeking
Your mate says, "Copying homework helps you, you get a better mark." What actually happens?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Copying, you · What happens: say, copy, help, get, happen · To what, where: homework, you, better mark · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 92 «Cheating at school: copying and peeking» 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 mate says, "Copying homework helps you, you get a better mark."
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 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | 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 helps | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 helps | punct |
| 6 | Copying | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 helps | csubj |
| 7 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Copying | obj |
| 8 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | conj |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 helps | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 get | punct |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 get | nsubj |
| 12 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | parataxis |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 mark | det |
| 14 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 15 mark | amod |
| 15 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 get | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 get | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | copy in a quote | gerund | homework | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Theme | |||||
| 3 | help in a quote | present | Copying | you | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | get in a quote | present | you | a better mark | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus |
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 actually happens?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 3 happens | advmod |
| 3 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | actually property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Teachers give extra marks for copying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 give | nsubj |
| 2 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 marks | amod |
| 4 | marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 give | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 copying | case |
| 6 | copying | copying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Teachers | extra marks | for copying | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent mark=Theme for copying=Asset |
Option 2
Your brain learns from looking at answers
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 brain | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 learns | nsubj |
| 3 | learns | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 5 looking | mark |
| 5 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 learns | advcl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 answers | case |
| 7 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 looking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present | Your brain | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | look | gerund | Your brain not said here | at answers | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at answer=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
You skip the learning and get stuck in the real test
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 skip | nsubj |
| 2 | skip | skip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 learning | det |
| 4 | learning | learning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 skip | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 get | cc |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 skip | conj |
| 7 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 get | xcomp |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 test | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 test | det |
| 10 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 test | amod |
| 11 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stuck | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | skip | present | You | the learning | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent learning=Agent | ||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | You not said here | stuck property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
You learn just as much as doing it yourself, only faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 learn | nsubj |
| 2 | learn | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 much | advmod |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 much | advmod |
| 5 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 learn | obj |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 doing | mark |
| 7 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 much | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 doing | obj |
| 9 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 doing | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 learn | punct |
| 11 | only | only | ADV | _ | 12 faster | advmod |
| 12 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 learn | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present | You | much | fast property | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Topic | |||
| 2 | do | gerund | You not said here | it | yourself obl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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