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description: Identify the principal circumstance in which the tracing of a drawing becomes dishonest. Exam question 1 of lesson 35 «Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 1 · Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit

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Identify the principal circumstance in which the tracing of a drawing becomes dishonest.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, tracing · **What happens:** identify, become, trace · **To what, where:** principal circumstance, drawing

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 35 «Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal circumstance in which the tracing of a drawing becomes dishonest.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tracing	tracing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
13	dishonest	dishonest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal circumstance |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | present | the tracing of a drawing |  |  | the principal circumstance |  | dishonest *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in which=Result |
| 3 | **trace** |  |  | a drawing |  |  |  |  | nom tracing «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Where the tracing is subsequently coloured by the person who traced it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:e1:o1:1
# text = Where the tracing is subsequently coloured by the person who traced it
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tracing	tracing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	coloured	colour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	traced	trace	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **colour** | present · passive | the person | the tracing |  |  |  | subsequently *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **trace** | past | the person | tracing |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Where the tracing is performed for the purposes of practice at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:e1:o2:1
# text = Where the tracing is performed for the purposes of practice at home
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tracing	tracing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	purposes	purpose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | present · passive |  | the tracing |  | home |  | for the purposes of practice | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for purpose=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | practice |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Where it is displayed at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:e1:o3:1
# text = Where it is displayed at home
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	displayed	display	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** | present · passive |  | it |  | home |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Where it is presented as original

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:e1:o4:1
# text = Where it is presented as original
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | present · passive |  | it |  |  |  | as original | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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