Test 1 · ★ · Why cheating hurts the cheat
Your mate says, "Cheating's only bad for the people you beat." What is missing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Cheating, you · What happens: say, be, beat · To what, where: people · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 94 «Why cheating hurts the cheat» 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, "Cheating's only bad for the people you beat."
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 | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 bad | punct |
| 6 | Cheating | cheating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bad | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 bad | cop |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 bad | advmod |
| 9 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 people | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 people | det |
| 12 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 bad | obl |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 beat | nsubj |
| 14 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 people | acl:relcl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 bad | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 bad | 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 | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Cheating | for the people; bad property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | beat in a quote | present | you | the people not said here | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location people=Theme |
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 is missing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 missing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 missing | cop |
| 3 | missing | missing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 missing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | missing property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It hurts the cheat too: no learning, no pride, and lost trust
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hurts | nsubj |
| 2 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cheat | det |
| 4 | cheat | cheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hurts | obj |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 2 hurts | advmod |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 learning | punct |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 learning | det |
| 8 | learning | learning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hurts | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 pride | punct |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 pride | det |
| 11 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 learning | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 trust | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 trust | cc |
| 14 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 trust | amod |
| 15 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 learning | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present | It | the cheat | no learning and no pride and lost trust obl | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cheat=Patient | |||
| 2 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
It's only bad if a teacher sees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 bad | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bad | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 bad | advmod |
| 4 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 sees | mark |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 teacher | det |
| 7 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sees | nsubj |
| 8 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bad | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | bad property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see a condition, not said to happen | present | a teacher | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Nothing; cheats always come out on top, and everyone knows it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
| 3 | cheats | cheat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 come | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 come | advmod |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nothing | parataxis |
| 6 | out | out | ADV | _ | 5 come | advmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 top | case |
| 8 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 come | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 knows | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 knows | cc |
| 11 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 12 knows | nsubj |
| 12 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 come | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 knows | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | present | cheats | top | always, out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | |||
| 2 | know | present | everyone | top | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 4
It's good for everyone in the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 good | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 good | cop |
| 3 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 everyone | case |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 good | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 end | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 end | det |
| 8 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 everyone | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | for everyone; good property | tree rules |
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