Test 10 · Cheating at school: copying and peeking

The answer sheet is on Miss's desk and nobody's watching. Which story fits this test of honesty?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: answer sheet, nobody, story · What happens: be, watch, fit, test · To what, where: desk, test, honesty

This is test 10 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: The answer sheet is on Miss's desk and nobody's watching.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sheet	det
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sheet	compound
3	sheet	sheet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 desk	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 desk	cop
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 desk	case
6	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 desk	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Miss	case
8	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 watching	cc
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 watching	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 watching	aux
12	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 desk	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 desk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the answer sheet			Miss's desk			tree rules
2	watch	present · progressive	nobody						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: 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.

Sentence 2: Which story fits this test of honesty?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 story	det
2	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fits	nsubj
3	fits	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 test	det
5	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fits	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 honesty	case
7	honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 test	nmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	present	which story	this test of honesty					vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Patient
2	test			honesty					nom test «cognition transitive»: of=patient

The options

Option 1

Goldilocks, who ate the bears' porridge while they were out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goldilocks	Goldilocks	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ate	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ate	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 ate	nsubj
4	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bears	det
6	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 porridge	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 bears	case
8	porridge	porridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ate	obj
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 out	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 out	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 out	cop
12	out	out	ADV	_	4 ate	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	Goldilocks	the bears's porridge					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent porridge=Patient
2	is	past	bears = bear					out property	tree rules

Option 2

Jack and the beanstalk, where Jack climbs up to the giant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 climbs	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 beanstalk	cc
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beanstalk	det
4	beanstalk	beanstalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Jack	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 climbs	punct
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 climbs	advmod
7	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 climbs	nsubj
8	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 climbs	compound:prt
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 giant	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 giant	det
12	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 climbs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb up	present	Jack and the beanstalk		the giant				vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to giant=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Plato's ring of Gyges: honesty when no one can see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plato	Plato	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ring	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Plato	case
3	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 honesty	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Gyges	case
5	Gyges	Gyges	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ring	nmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 honesty	punct
7	honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 see	advmod
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 one	det
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 see	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 see	aux
12	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 honesty	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can	no one						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The gingerbread man, who runs away from everyone he meets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	gingerbread	gingerbread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 man	compound
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 runs	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 runs	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 runs	nsubj
6	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 runs	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 everyone	case
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 runs	obl
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 meets	nsubj
11	meets	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 everyone	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	present	the gingerbread man			everyone		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from everyone=Trajectory
2	meet	present	man						vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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