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description: Identify the principal reason for which the use of a false address to obtain a school place is not a victimless act. Exam question 2 of lesson 94 «Why cheating hurts the cheat» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 2 · Why cheating hurts the cheat

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Identify the principal reason for which the use of a false address to obtain a school place is not a victimless act.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, use, school place · **What happens:** identify, obtain, not be, use · **To what, where:** principal reason, victimless act, false address

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 94 «Why cheating hurts the cheat» 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/94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the use of a false address to obtain a school place is not a victimless act.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
19	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	victimless	victimless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | the use of a false address | the principal reason *not said here* |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for which=Asset |
| 3 | **not** **is a** | present | a school place | a victimless act |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **use** |  |  | a false address |  |  |  |  | nom use «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No reason exists, the act being wholly victimless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:e2:o1:1
# text = No reason exists, the act being wholly victimless
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
8	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	victimless	victimless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | no reason |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | the act |  |  |  |  | victimless, wholly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The postal service is thereby inconvenienced

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:e2:o2:1
# text = The postal service is thereby inconvenienced
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	postal	postal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	inconvenienced	inconvenience	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inconvenience** | present · passive |  | the postal service |  |  |  | thereby *property* | tree rules |

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

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Another child is thereby deprived of a place to which that child was entitled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:e2:o3:1
# text = Another child is thereby deprived of a place to which that child was entitled
1	Another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	deprived	deprive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
11	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	entitled	entitle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deprive** | present · passive |  | another child |  |  |  | of a place; thereby *property* | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source of place=Theme |
| 2 | **entitle** | past · passive |  | that child |  |  |  | to a place | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The school is thereby obliged to construct additional classrooms at public expense

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:e2:o4:1
# text = The school is thereby obliged to construct additional classrooms at public expense
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	construct	construct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	classrooms	classroom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	expense	expense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present · passive |  | the school |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **construct** | to-infinitive |  | additional classrooms |  | public expense |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classroom=Result |

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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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