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description: Select the statement consistent with the saying attributed to the Prophet Muhammad in Sahih Muslim. Exam question 3 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 option; Mova's c
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# Exam question 3 · Why cheating hurts the cheat

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Select the statement consistent with the saying attributed to the Prophet Muhammad in Sahih Muslim.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, attribute · **To what, where:** statement, saying, Sahih Muslim

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:e3:1
# text = Select the statement consistent with the saying attributed to the Prophet Muhammad in Sahih Muslim.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	saying	saying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	attributed	attribute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Prophet	Prophet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Muhammad	Muhammad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	Sahih	Sahih	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Muslim	Muslim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 statement |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme |
| 2 | **attribute** | participle |  | the saying *not said here* |  | Sahih Muslim |  | to the Prophet Muhammad | tree rules |

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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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Whoever sells grain shall be suspected of cheating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:e3:o1:1
# text = Whoever sells grain shall be suspected of cheating
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	suspected	suspect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cheating	cheating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present | Whoever |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **suspect** | shall · passive |  | grain |  |  |  | of cheating | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme of cheating=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Whoever cheats shall be rewarded in the market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:e3:o2:1
# text = Whoever cheats shall be rewarded in the market
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	cheats	cheat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	rewarded	reward	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reward** | shall · present · passive |  | Whoever |  | the market |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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

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Whoever cheats is not one of us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:e3:o3:1
# text = Whoever cheats is not one of us
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	cheats	cheat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheat** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | Whoever | one |  |  |  | of us | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Whoever cheats in small matters is excused

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:e3:o4:1
# text = Whoever cheats in small matters is excused
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cheats	cheat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	excused	excuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheat** | present | Whoever |  |  | small matters |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **excuse** | present · passive |  | small matters *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP» |

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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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