Test 3 · ★ · Why cheating hurts the cheat
A cartoon shows an ancient Greek cheat getting a golden statue of himself as a reward. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, ancient Greek cheat · What happens: show, get, be · To what, where: ancient Greek cheat, golden statue
This is test 3 · ★ 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: A cartoon shows an ancient Greek cheat getting a golden statue of himself as a reward.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cheat | det |
| 5 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cheat | amod |
| 6 | Greek | Greek | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cheat | amod |
| 7 | cheat | cheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 8 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 cheat | acl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 statue | det |
| 10 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 statue | amod |
| 11 | statue | statue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 getting | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 himself | case |
| 13 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 11 statue | nmod |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 reward | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 reward | det |
| 16 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 getting | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | a ancient Greek cheat | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cheat=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | get | gerund | a ancient Greek cheat not said here | a golden statue of cartoon | as a reward | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer statue=Stimulus as reward=Attribute |
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 wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cheats paid for statues of Zeus with their names on as a shame
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheats | cheat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 paid | nsubj |
| 2 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 statues | case |
| 4 | statues | statue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 paid | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Zeus | case |
| 6 | Zeus | Zeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 statues | nmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 names | case |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 names | nmod:poss |
| 9 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 paid | obl |
| 10 | on | on | ADV | _ | 9 names | advmod |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 shame | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 shame | det |
| 13 | shame | shame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | past | Cheats | for statues of Zeus; with Cheats's names; as a shame | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for statue=Theme | ||||
| 2 | name | Cheats = cheat | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Nothing; cheats got statues as prizes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 got | nsubj |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | cheats | cheat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | statues | statue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obj |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 prizes | case |
| 7 | prizes | prize | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Nothing | statues | as prizes | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer statue=Stimulus as prize=Attribute |
Option 3
The statues were of the winners, not cheats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 statues | det |
| 2 | statues | statue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 winners | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 winners | cop |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 winners | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 winners | det |
| 6 | winners | winner | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 cheats | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 cheats | advmod |
| 9 | cheats | cheat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 winners | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the statues | of the winners and cheats | tree rules |
Option 4
The Greeks didn't have any statues
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Greeks | det |
| 2 | Greeks | Greek | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 have | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 have | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 have | advmod |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 statues | det |
| 7 | statues | statue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | past · do-support | the Greeks | any statues | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statue=Patient |
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