---
title: «just let him copy, it's only homework, what's the harm». What's the… — The copier and the one who competes at… · tree and pragmatics
description: «just let him copy, it's only homework, what's the harm». What's the harm? Test 2 · ★ 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 and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything/t2/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [The copier and the one who competes at…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything/) / t2

# Test 2 · ★ · The copier and the one who competes at everything

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«just let him copy, it's only homework, what's the harm». What's the harm?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, him, it, homework, harm · **What happens:** let, copy, be · **To what, where:** him, homework, harm

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 469 «The copier and the one who competes at everything» 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/469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything/#t2).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* «just let him copy, it's only homework, what's the harm».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t2:1
# text = «just let him copy, it's only homework, what's the harm».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **copy** *in a quote* | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | homework |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | homework | the harm |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What's the harm?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t2:2
# text = What's the harm?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the harm |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It makes him smarter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t2:o1:1
# text = It makes him smarter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	smarter	smart	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | him *= he* |  |  |  | smart *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material he=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Teachers like copying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t2:o2:1
# text = Teachers like copying
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	copying	copying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
None at all, it's kind to help a mate who's stuck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t2:o3:1
# text = None at all, it's kind to help a mate who's stuck
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	acl:relcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | None |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | None *not said here* | a mate |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **is** | present | a mate |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He doesn't learn and his struggling stays hidden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:t2:o4:1
# text = He doesn't learn and his struggling stays hidden
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	struggling	struggling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **learn** | present · do-support | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stay** | present | his struggling |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hide** | participle | his struggling *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [The copier and the one who competes at…, test 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything/t1/)
- next →: [The copier and the one who competes at…, test 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything/t3/)
- ↑ back to [The copier and the one who competes at everything](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything/)