Exam question 3 · Why cheating hurts the cheat

Select the statement consistent with the saying attributed to the Prophet Muhammad in Sahih Muslim.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, attribute · To what, where: statement, saying, Sahih Muslim

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 saying	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 saying	det
7	saying	saying	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 saying	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 Muhammad	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Muhammad	det
11	Prophet	Prophet	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Muhammad	compound
12	Muhammad	Muhammad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 attributed	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 Muslim	case
14	Sahih	Sahih	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Muslim	compound
15	Muslim	Muslim	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 attributed	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the statement				consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	attribute	participle		the saying not said here		Sahih Muslim		to the Prophet Muhammad	tree rules

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

Whoever sells grain shall be suspected of cheating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 sells	nsubj
2	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 suspected	nsubj:pass
4	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 suspected	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 suspected	aux:pass
6	suspected	suspect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sells	ccomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 cheating	case
8	cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 suspected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present	Whoever						tree rules
2	suspect	shall · passive		grain				of cheating	vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme of cheating=Attribute

Option 2

Whoever cheats shall be rewarded in the market

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 rewarded	nsubj:pass
2	cheats	cheat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rewarded	aux
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 rewarded	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 rewarded	aux:pass
5	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 market	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 market	det
8	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rewarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	shall · present · passive		Whoever		the market			vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Whoever cheats is not one of us

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 one	nsubj
2	cheats	cheat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Whoever	acl:relcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 one	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 one	advmod
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 us	case
7	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheat	present							vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	present	Whoever	one				of us	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Whoever cheats in small matters is excused

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 cheats	nsubj
2	cheats	cheat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 matters	case
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 matters	amod
5	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cheats	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 excused	aux:pass
7	excused	excuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 matters	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheat	present	Whoever			small matters			vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	excuse	present · passive		small matters not said here					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»

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