--- title: Ollie copied Sam's work. Teacher: «Why are these identical?» What's… — Covering for a friend · tree and pragmatics description: Ollie copied Sam's work. Teacher: «Why are these identical?» What's honest and fair? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 436 «Covering for a friend» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/436-covering-for-a-friend/t3/) [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/) / [Covering for a friend](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/436-covering-for-a-friend/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · Covering for a friend Ollie copied Sam's work. Teacher: «Why are these identical?» What's honest and fair? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ollie, Sam, Teacher · **What happens:** copy, work, be · **To what, where:** work This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 436 «Covering for a friend» 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/436-covering-for-a-friend/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ollie copied Sam's work. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t3:1 # text = Ollie copied Sam's work. 1 Ollie Ollie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 copied copy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | past | Ollie | Sam's work | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme | | 2 | **work** | | Sam | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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:* Teacher: «Why are these identical?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t3:2 # text = Teacher: «Why are these identical?» 1 Teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 7 identical identical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Teacher | | | | | identical *property* | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* What's honest and fair? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t3:3 # text = What's honest and fair? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | honest *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} «We did it together» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t3:o1:1 # text = «We did it together» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 together together ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | past | We | it | | | | together *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} «I let him look» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t3:o2:1 # text = «I let him look» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** *in a quote* | past | I | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} «He copied, I didn't know» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t3:o3:1 # text = «He copied, I didn't know» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 copied copy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** *in a quote* | past | He | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | past · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} «It's a coincidence» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t3:o4:1 # text = «It's a coincidence» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 coincidence coincidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | It | a coincidence | | | | | 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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