Test 6 · ★ · Why cheating hurts the cheat
Kai says, "I got the skin by skill, swear." Later he admits he bought it. What did he lose?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kai · What happens: say, get, swear, admit, buy, lose · To what, where: skin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Kai says, "I got the skin by skill, swear."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 skin | det |
| 8 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obj |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 skill | case |
| 10 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 swear | punct |
| 12 | swear | swear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | parataxis |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 swear | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 swear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Kai | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | past | Kai | the skin | by skill | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer skin=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | swear in a quote | infinitive | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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: Later he admits he bought it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 admits | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 admits | nsubj |
| 3 | admits | admit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bought | nsubj |
| 5 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 admits | ccomp |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bought | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 admits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit speech: other | present | Kai | late property | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | buy | past | Kai | skin | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Sentence 3: What did he lose?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 lose | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lose | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lose | nsubj |
| 4 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 lose | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past · do-support | Kai | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Trust and real pride; pride in fake effort is empty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 empty | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 pride | cc |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 pride | amod |
| 4 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Trust | conj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 pride | punct |
| 6 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Trust | conj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 effort | case |
| 8 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 effort | amod |
| 9 | effort | effort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pride | nmod |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 empty | cop |
| 11 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Trust and real pride and pride in fake effort | empty property | tree rules |
Option 2
Nothing; buying skins is just as cool as unlocking them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 cool | nsubj |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | buying | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Nothing | acl |
| 4 | skins | skin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 buying | obj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 cool | cop |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 cool | advmod |
| 7 | as | as | ADV | _ | 8 cool | advmod |
| 8 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 unlocking | mark |
| 10 | unlocking | unlock | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 cool | advcl |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 unlocking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | gerund | skins | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Nothing | cool property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | unlock | gerund | Nothing not said here | skins = skin | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 3
Only his birthday money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 money | advmod |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 money | nmod:poss |
| 3 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 money | compound |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
His account, because buying is banned
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 account | nmod:poss |
| 2 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 banned | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 banned | mark |
| 5 | buying | buying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 banned | aux:pass |
| 7 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 account | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | present · passive | His account not said here | buying | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | account | His = he | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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