--- title: A boy cut the corner in the race. Next year what is the best way to… — Copying and peeking in tests · tree and pragmatics description: A boy cut the corner in the race. Next year what is the best way to put it right? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 340 «Copying and peeking in tests» 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/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/t11/) [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/) / [Copying and peeking in tests](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Copying and peeking in tests A boy cut the corner in the race. Next year what is the best way to put it right? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, best way · **What happens:** cut, be, put · **To what, where:** corner, race, way This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 340 «Copying and peeking in tests» 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/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy cut the corner in the race. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t11:1 # text = A boy cut the corner in the race. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | past | a boy | the corner | | the race | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corner=Product | 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:* Next year what is the best way to put it right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t11:2 # text = Next year what is the best way to put it right? 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 right right ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the best way | | | | year | | tree rules | | 2 | **put** | to-infinitive | the best way *not said here* | way | | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Run the whole course honestly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t11:o1:1 # text = Run the whole course honestly 1 Run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* | the whole course | | | | honestly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme course=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Not enter at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t11:o2:1 # text = Not enter at all 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 enter enter VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **enter** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | all | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Cut a smaller corner ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t11:o3:1 # text = Cut a smaller corner 1 Cut cut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | imperative | you *not said here* | a smaller corner | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset corner=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} Run only when no teacher is there ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t11:o4:1 # text = Run only when no teacher is there 1 Run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | no teacher | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | **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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