Test 10 · ★ · Why cheating hurts the cheat
Ali's friend says, "Only Christians think cheating is wrong." What is accurate?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, Christians, cheating · What happens: say, think, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ 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: Ali's friend says, "Only Christians think cheating is wrong."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali | Ali | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ali | case |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 think | punct |
| 7 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 9 think | advmod |
| 8 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 9 think | nsubj |
| 9 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | parataxis |
| 10 | cheating | cheating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wrong | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 wrong | cop |
| 12 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 think | ccomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 think | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ali's friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other in a quote | present | Christians | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | cheating | wrong property | 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.
Sentence 2: What is accurate?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 accurate | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 accurate | cop |
| 3 | accurate | accurate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 accurate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | accurate property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Many faiths, including Islam and Judaism, teach that cheating is wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 faiths | amod |
| 2 | faiths | faith | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 teach | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Islam | punct |
| 4 | including | including | ADP | _ | 5 Islam | case |
| 5 | Islam | Islam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 faiths | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 Judaism | cc |
| 7 | Judaism | Judaism | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Islam | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 faiths | punct |
| 9 | teach | teach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 wrong | mark |
| 11 | cheating | cheating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wrong | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 wrong | cop |
| 13 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 teach | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teach speech: other | present | Many faiths including Islam and Judaism | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | cheating | wrong property | tree rules |
Option 2
No religion says anything about cheating
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 religion | det |
| 2 | religion | religion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 says | obj |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 cheating | case |
| 6 | cheating | cheating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 anything | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | no religion | anything | about cheating | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |
Option 3
Muslims are allowed to cheat at markets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muslims | Muslim | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 cheat | mark |
| 5 | cheat | cheat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 allowed | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 markets | case |
| 7 | markets | market | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cheat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | Muslims | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | cheat not said to happen | to-infinitive | Muslims not said here | markets | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Only Christians have any rules about cheating
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 have | advmod |
| 2 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 rules | det |
| 5 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 cheating | case |
| 7 | cheating | cheating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rules | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Christians | any rules | about cheating | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |
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