Test 4 · ★ · Why cheating hurts the cheat
Ellie's aunt says, "It's just a fake address, nobody gets hurt." What is the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: aunt, It, best reply · What happens: say, be, hurt · To what, where: fake address, nobody · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Ellie's aunt says, "It's just a fake address, nobody gets hurt."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellie | Ellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 aunt | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ellie | case |
| 3 | aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 address | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 address | punct |
| 7 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 address | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 address | cop |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 address | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 address | det |
| 11 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 address | amod |
| 12 | address | address | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 hurt | punct |
| 14 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 16 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | gets | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 hurt | aux:pass |
| 16 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 says | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ellie's aunt | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | It | a fake address | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | hurt in a quote | present · passive | nobody | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=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.
Sentence 2: What is the best reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Another real child loses the school place
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 child | det |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 child | amod |
| 3 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 loses | nsubj |
| 4 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 place | det |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 place | compound |
| 7 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 loses | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present | another real child | the school place | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Eventuality |
Option 2
Schools always have spare places for extra children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 have | advmod |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | spare | spare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 places | amod |
| 5 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 children | case |
| 7 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 children | amod |
| 8 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Schools | spare places | for extra children; always property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient |
Option 3
She's right, it's a victimless trick that everyone does
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 trick | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 trick | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 trick | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 trick | det |
| 8 | victimless | victimless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 trick | amod |
| 9 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | parataxis |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 does | obj |
| 11 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 12 does | nsubj |
| 12 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 trick | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | a victimless trick | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | do | present | everyone | that | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
Option 4
Only the postman gets confused about the letters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 gets | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 postman | det |
| 3 | postman | postman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | confused | confused | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 gets | xcomp |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 letters | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 letters | det |
| 8 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 confused | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the postman | confused property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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