--- title: Jake copied all his science homework and then failed the science tes… — Honest work at school · tree and pragmatics description: Jake copied all his science homework and then failed the science test. Why? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 201 «Honest work at school» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Honest work at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Honest work at school Jake copied all his science homework and then failed the science test. Why? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jake · **What happens:** copy, fail · **To what, where:** science homework, science test This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 201 «Honest work at school» of the everyday 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/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/#t14). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jake copied all his science homework and then failed the science test. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t14:1 # text = Jake copied all his science homework and then failed the science test. 1 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 copied copy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 science science NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 9 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 science science NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | past | Jake | Jake's science homework | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Theme | | 2 | **fail** | past | Jake *not said here* | the science test | | | then | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Eventuality | 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:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t14:2 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The test was about different things ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t14:o1:1 # text = The test was about different things 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the test | | | | | about different things | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The teacher marked him harder on purpose ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t14:o2:1 # text = The teacher marked him harder on purpose 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 marked mark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 harder hard ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mark** | past | the teacher | him *= he* | | purpose | | hard *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme on purpose=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Copying makes you forget faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t14:o3:1 # text = Copying makes you forget faster 1 Copying copy VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | gerund | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | present | | you | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **forget** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He never learned the work himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t14:o4:1 # text = He never learned the work himself 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **learn** | past | He | the work | | | | himself *= he* *obl* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Topic | **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. 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