Test 7 · Cheating at school: copying and peeking

Oliver whispers, "I wrote them on my hand 'cause I'm scared I'll fail." What helps him most?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oliver · What happens: whisper, write, be, fail, help · To what, where: them, hand, Oliver · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: Oliver whispers, "I wrote them on my hand 'cause I'm scared I'll fail."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oliver	Oliver	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 whispers	nsubj
2	whispers	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wrote	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 wrote	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 wrote	nsubj
6	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 whispers	ccomp
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wrote	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 hand	case
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hand	nmod:poss
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wrote	obl
11	'	'	PUNCT	_	10 hand	punct
12	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	15 scared	mark
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 scared	nsubj
14	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 scared	cop
15	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wrote	ccomp
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 fail	nsubj
17	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 fail	aux
18	fail	fail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 scared	ccomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 whispers	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 whispers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	present	Oliver				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	write in a quote	past	Oliver	them = they	my hand		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on hand=Destination
3	is in a quote	present	Oliver			scared property	tree rules
4	fail in a quote	future	Oliver				vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: 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: What helps him most?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helps	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	2 helps	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present			Oliver				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Writing them in smaller letters, so the teacher won't see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	write	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 see	csubj
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Writing	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 letters	case
4	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 letters	amod
5	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Writing	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 see	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	12 see	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 teacher	det
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 see	nsubj
10	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 see	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 see	advmod
12	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	gerund		them = they		smaller letters			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in letter=Destination
2	not see	future	the teacher						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Telling his teacher he's struggling so he gets help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 gets	csubj
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 teacher	nmod:poss
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	obj
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 struggling	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 struggling	aux
6	struggling	struggle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Telling	ccomp
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 gets	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gets	nsubj
9	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund			his teacher	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic
2	struggle	present · progressive	teacher			vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get	present	teacher	help		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus

Option 3

Sitting right at the back of the class, where nobody looks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 looks	csubj
2	right	right	ADV	_	1 Sitting	advmod
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 back	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 back	det
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sitting	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 class	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 class	det
8	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 back	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 looks	punct
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 looks	advmod
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 looks	nsubj
12	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	gerund				the back of the class		right property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at back=Location
2	look	present	nobody						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Never doing spelling tests again, if his mum writes a note

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 doing	advmod
2	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 writes	csubj
3	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tests	compound
4	tests	test	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 doing	obj
5	again	again	ADV	_	2 doing	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 writes	punct
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 writes	mark
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mum	nmod:poss
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 writes	nsubj
10	writes	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 note	det
12	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 writes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	gerund		spelling tests			again		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Eventuality
2	write	present	his mum	a note					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme

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