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title: A cartoon shows a kid who hides answers in his shoe, gets 10 out of… — Cheating at school: copying and peeking · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows a kid who hides answers in his shoe, gets 10 out of 10 and lives happily ever after. What is wrong? Test 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 of eac
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# Test 3 · Cheating at school: copying and peeking

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A cartoon shows a kid who hides answers in his shoe, gets 10 out of 10 and lives happily ever after. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon, kid · **What happens:** show, hide, get, live, be · **To what, where:** kid, answers, shoe, 10

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This is test 3 of lesson 92 «Cheating at school: copying and peeking» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows a kid who hides answers in his shoe, gets 10 out of 10 and lives happily ever after.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking:t3:1
# text = A cartoon shows a kid who hides answers in his shoe, gets 10 out of 10 and lives happily ever after.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	obj	_	_
15	out	out	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
20	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
21	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	22	advmod	_	_
22	after	after	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon |  | a kid |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient |
| 2 | **hide** | present | a kid | answers |  | cartoon's shoe |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent answer=Patient in shoe=Location |
| 3 | **get** | present | a kid *not said here* | 10 |  | 10 |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 10=Stimulus |
| 4 | **live** | present | a kid *not said here* |  |  |  |  | after, happily *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking:t3:2
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He should have hidden them in his hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking:t3:o1:1
# text = He should have hidden them in his hat
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | should · perfect | He | them *= they* |  | his hat |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient in hat=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing; that's how school works, and he got full marks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking:t3:o2:1
# text = Nothing; that's how school works, and he got full marks
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | work *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | he | full marks |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus |

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

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He learned nothing, and gaps trip you up later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking:t3:o3:1
# text = He learned nothing, and gaps trip you up later
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	gaps	gap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	trip	trip	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
10	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | He | nothing |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **trip up** | present | gaps | you |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Teachers never check shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking:t3:o4:1
# text = Teachers never check shoes
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	check	check	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **check** | present | Teachers | shoes |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |

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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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