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title: Identify the principal distinction between imitating a peer's clothi… — The copier and the one who competes at… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal distinction between imitating a peer's clothing and presenting a peer's work as one's own. Exam question 1 of lesson 469 «The copier and the one who competes at everything» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 1 · The copier and the one who competes at everything

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Identify the principal distinction between imitating a peer's clothing and presenting a peer's work as one's own.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal distinction, peer · **What happens:** identify, imitate, present, work · **To what, where:** principal distinction, clothing, work

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 469 «The copier and the one who competes at everything» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal distinction between imitating a peer's clothing and presenting a peer's work as one's own.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	imitating	imitate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	peer	peer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	clothing	clothing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	presenting	present	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	peer	peer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal distinction |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent distinction=Theme |
| 2 | **imitate** | gerund | the principal distinction *not said here* | a peer's clothing |  |  |  |  | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothing=Theme |
| 3 | **present** | gerund | the principal distinction *not said here* | a peer's work |  |  |  | as one's own | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme |
| 4 | **work** |  | a peer |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The former is unlawful whereas the latter is not

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:e1:o1:1
# text = The former is unlawful whereas the latter is not
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the former |  |  |  |  | whereas the latter; unlawful *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Neither is of any consequence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:e1:o2:1
# text = Neither is of any consequence
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Neither |  |  |  |  | of any consequence | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The latter wrongly claims credit for another's effort

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:e1:o3:1
# text = The latter wrongly claims credit for another's effort
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
3	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	claims	claim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	credit	credit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | the latter | credit |  |  |  | for another's effort; wrongly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent credit=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Both are invariably signs of admiration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:e1:o4:1
# text = Both are invariably signs of admiration
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	admiration	admiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Both | signs |  |  |  | of admiration; invariably *property* | tree rules |

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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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