Exam question 2 · Why cheating hurts the cheat

Identify the principal reason for which the use of a false address to obtain a school place is not a victimless act.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, use, school place · What happens: identify, obtain, not be, use · To what, where: principal reason, victimless act, false address

This is exam question 2 of lesson 94 «Why cheating hurts the cheat» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 obtain	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 use	det
8	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 obtain	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 address	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 address	det
11	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 address	amod
12	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 use	nmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 obtain	mark
14	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl:relcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 place	det
16	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 place	compound
17	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 act	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 act	cop
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 act	advmod
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 act	det
21	victimless	victimless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 act	amod
22	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 obtain	ccomp
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	obtain	to-infinitive	the use of a false address	the principal reason not said here	for the principal reason	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for which=Asset
3	not is a	present	a school place	a victimless act		tree rules
4	use			a false address		nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

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

No reason exists, the act being wholly victimless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 reason	det
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exists	nsubj
3	exists	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 victimless	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 act	det
6	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 victimless	nsubj
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 victimless	cop
8	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	9 victimless	advmod
9	victimless	victimless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 exists	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	no reason						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	gerund	the act					victimless, wholly property	tree rules

Option 2

The postal service is thereby inconvenienced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 service	det
2	postal	postal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 service	amod
3	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 inconvenienced	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 inconvenienced	aux:pass
5	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	6 inconvenienced	advmod
6	inconvenienced	inconvenience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inconvenience	present · passive		the postal service				thereby property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Another child is thereby deprived of a place to which that child was entitled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deprived	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 deprived	aux:pass
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 deprived	advmod
5	deprived	deprive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 place	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 place	det
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deprived	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 entitled	obl
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 entitled	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 entitled	aux:pass
14	entitled	entitle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 place	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deprive	present · passive		another child				of a place; thereby property	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source of place=Theme
2	entitle	past · passive		that child				to a place	tree rules

Option 4

The school is thereby obliged to construct additional classrooms at public expense

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 school	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obliged	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 obliged	aux:pass
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 obliged	advmod
5	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 construct	mark
7	construct	construct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 obliged	xcomp
8	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 classrooms	amod
9	classrooms	classroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 construct	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 expense	case
11	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 expense	amod
12	expense	expense	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 construct	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		the school				thereby property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	construct	to-infinitive		additional classrooms		public expense			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classroom=Result

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