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title: Select the response consistent with the teaching of Exodus 23:2 wher… — Cheating at school: copying and peeking · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the teaching of Exodus 23:2 where many pupils obtain test answers improperly. Exam question 3 of lesson 92 «Cheating at school: copying and peeking» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 3 · Cheating at school: copying and peeking

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Select the response consistent with the teaching of Exodus 23:2 where many pupils obtain test answers improperly.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, many pupils · **What happens:** select, obtain, teach · **To what, where:** response, test answers, Exodus

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 92 «Cheating at school: copying and peeking» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the teaching of Exodus 23:2 where many pupils obtain test answers improperly.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Exodus	Exodus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	23:2	23:2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	flat	_	_
11	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
12	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	obtain	obtain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
15	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
17	improperly	improperly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **obtain** | present | many pupils | test answers |  |  |  | improperly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |
| 3 | **teach** |  |  | Exodus |  |  |  |  | nom teaching «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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The pupil ought to absent himself from the test

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking:e3:o1:1
# text = The pupil ought to absent himself from the test
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	absent	absent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **absent** | ought | the pupil | pupil |  | the test |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The pupil ought to obtain the answers from a different source

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking:e3:o2:1
# text = The pupil ought to obtain the answers from a different source
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | ought | the pupil | the answers |  | a different source |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent answer=Theme from source=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The pupil ought to follow the majority in order to remain competitive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking:e3:o3:1
# text = The pupil ought to follow the majority in order to remain competitive
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
12	competitive	competitive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | ought | the pupil | the majority |  | order |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent majority=Theme in order=Trajectory |
| 2 | **remain** | to-infinitive | the pupil *not said here* |  |  |  |  | competitive *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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The pupil ought not to follow the majority in wrongdoing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking:e3:o4:1
# text = The pupil ought not to follow the majority in wrongdoing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **follow** | ought | the pupil | the majority |  | wrongdoing |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent majority=Theme in wrongdoing=Trajectory |

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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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