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description: Ascertain the most appropriate course of action for a pupil who is tempted to cheat by reason of fear. Exam question 4 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 of each op
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# Exam question 4 · Cheating at school: copying and peeking

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Ascertain the most appropriate course of action for a pupil who is tempted to cheat by reason of fear.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, tempt, cheat · **To what, where:** appropriate course, pupil

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the most appropriate course of action for a pupil who is tempted to cheat by reason of fear.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	tempted	tempt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	cheat	cheat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate course of action |  |  |  | for a pupil | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition course=Theme for pupil=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **tempt** | present · passive |  | a pupil |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **cheat** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | by reason of fear | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 concealment of notes upon the person in a less visible location

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking:e4:o1:1
# text = The concealment of notes upon the person in a less visible location
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
11	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** |  |  | notes |  | a visible location |  | upon the person | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient upon=obl in=place |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The communication of the difficulty to the teacher, with a view to obtaining assistance

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking:e4:o2:1
# text = The communication of the difficulty to the teacher, with a view to obtaining assistance
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
13	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	obtaining	obtain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
15	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | gerund |  | assistance |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset assistance=Theme |
| 2 | **communicate** |  | the difficulty to the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | nom communication «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The deliberate absence from the test on a pretext

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking:e4:o3:1
# text = The deliberate absence from the test on a pretext
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pretext	pretext	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The copying of answers from a neighbouring pupil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking:e4:o4:1
# text = The copying of answers from a neighbouring pupil
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	copying	copying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	neighbouring	neighbouring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** |  |  | answers from a neighbouring pupil |  |  |  |  | nom copying «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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