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Test 8 · ★ · Why cheating hurts the cheat

Freya's friend whispers, "If Miss asks, say I wasn't looking." What should Freya do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, Miss, Freya · What happens: whisper, ask, say, not look, do · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Freya's friend whispers, "If Miss asks, say I wasn't looking."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Freya	Freya	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Freya	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 whispers	nsubj
4	whispers	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 say	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 say	punct
7	If	if	SCONJ	_	9 asks	mark
8	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 asks	nsubj
9	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 say	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 asks	punct
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 whispers	ccomp
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 looking	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 looking	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 looking	advmod
15	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 say	ccomp
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 whispers	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 whispers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	present	Freya's friend						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	Miss						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert in a quote	infinitive							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	not look in a quote	past · progressive	Freya's friend = friend						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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 should Freya do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	Freya	Freya	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	Freya						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Say he wasn't looking, because being loyal always comes first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 looking	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 looking	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 looking	advmod
5	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Say	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 loyal	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 loyal	mark
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 loyal	cop
9	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	parataxis
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 comes	advmod
11	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 loyal	advcl
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 comes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not look	past · progressive	he						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	is	gerund						loyal property	tree rules
4	come	present						always, first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Say she didn't see anything at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 see	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 see	advmod
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	ccomp
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 see	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not see	past · do-support	she	anything		all			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus

Option 3

Tell Miss he cheats every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cheats	nsubj
4	cheats	cheat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	parataxis
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cheats	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		Miss				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent miss=Recipient
2	cheat	present	he				day		vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Talk to her friend, and refuse to lie for him if asked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 friend	case
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 friend	nmod:poss
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Talk	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 refuse	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 refuse	cc
7	refuse	refuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Talk	parataxis
8	to	to	PART	_	9 lie	mark
9	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 refuse	xcomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lie	obl
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 asked	mark
13	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 lie	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	imperative	you not said here					to her friend	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to friend=Co-Agent
2	refuse	infinitive							vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not lie	to-infinitive						for friend	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen	participle							vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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