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title: Ella's mate: «just peek at Mia's sheet, she's always right». What is… — Copying and peeking in tests · tree and pragmatics
description: Ella's mate: «just peek at Mia's sheet, she's always right». What is the wise answer? Test 5 · ★ 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.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Copying and peeking in tests

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Ella's mate: «just peek at Mia's sheet, she's always right». What is the wise answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Mia, wise answer · **What happens:** peek, be

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ella's mate: «just peek at Mia's sheet, she's always right».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t5:1
# text = Ella's mate: «just peek at Mia's sheet, she's always right».
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	peek	peek	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	16	advmod	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peek** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at Mia's sheet; Ella's mate *vocative* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sheet=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mia |  |  |  |  | always, right *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 the wise answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t5:2
# text = What is the wise answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Okay, if Mia doesn't see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t5:o1:1
# text = Okay, if Mia doesn't see
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | present · do-support | Mia |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Okay, peeking isn't copying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t5:o2:1
# text = Okay, peeking isn't copying
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	peeking	peek	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	copying	copy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peek** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **copy** | present · progressive | peeking |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Okay, but only for the hard words I don't know

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t5:o3:1
# text = Okay, but only for the hard words I don't know
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | I | the hard words *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |

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

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No, I'd rather get a low mark that's mine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests:t5:o4:1
# text = No, I'd rather get a low mark that's mine
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	rather	rather	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	mine	my	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | I | a low mark |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus |
| 2 | **be** | present | a low mark | mine |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot my=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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