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title: A kid says "that's literally theft, cringe" about fan art. What is a… — Copying vs being inspired: tracing, co… · tree and pragmatics
description: A kid says "that's literally theft, cringe" about fan art. What is a fair reply? Test 3 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; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 3 · Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit

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A kid says "that's literally theft, cringe" about fan art. What is a fair reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid, that · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** theft, fair reply · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 35 «Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit» of the arts 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A kid says "that's literally theft, cringe" about fan art.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:t3:1
# text = A kid says "that's literally theft, cringe" about fan art.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	cringe	cringe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a kid |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | theft and cringe about fan art |  |  |  | literally *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is a fair reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:t3:2
# text = What is a fair reply?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a fair reply |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He is right, fan art is always illegal and people get arrested for it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:t3:o1:1
# text = He is right, fan art is always illegal and people get arrested for it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	fan	fan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	illegal	illegal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	arrested	arrest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | fan art |  |  |  |  | always, illegal *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **arrest** | present · passive |  | people |  |  |  | for art | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Credited fan art is usually fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:t3:o2:1
# text = Credited fan art is usually fine
1	Credited	credit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
2	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **credit** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Credited fan art |  |  |  |  | fine, usually *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only creators may draw it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:t3:o3:1
# text = Only creators may draw it
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	creators	creator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	draw	draw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | may | creators | it |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fan art is only allowed in Korea and Japan, not anywhere else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:t3:o4:1
# text = Fan art is only allowed in Korea and Japan, not anywhere else
1	Fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Korea	Korea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
13	else	else	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | present · passive |  | Fan art |  | Korea and Japan |  | anywhere *property* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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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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