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description: Ali's friend says, "Only Christians think cheating is wrong." What is accurate? Test 10 · ★ 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Why cheating hurts the cheat

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Ali's friend says, "Only Christians think cheating is wrong." What is accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, Christians, cheating · **What happens:** say, think, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 94 «Why cheating hurts the cheat» 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/94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ali's friend says, "Only Christians think cheating is wrong."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:t10:1
# text = Ali's friend says, "Only Christians think cheating is wrong."
1	Ali	Ali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	cheating	cheating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ali's friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | cheating |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is accurate?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:t10:2
# text = What is accurate?
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	accurate	accurate	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 |  |  |  |  |  | accurate *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Many faiths, including Islam and Judaism, teach that cheating is wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:t10:o1:1
# text = Many faiths, including Islam and Judaism, teach that cheating is wrong
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	faiths	faith	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	including	including	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Islam	Islam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Judaism	Judaism	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	teach	teach	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	cheating	cheating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | Many faiths including Islam and Judaism |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | cheating |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No religion says anything about cheating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:t10:o2:1
# text = No religion says anything about cheating
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cheating	cheating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | no religion | anything |  |  |  | about cheating | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Muslims are allowed to cheat at markets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:t10:o3:1
# text = Muslims are allowed to cheat at markets
1	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	cheat	cheat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	markets	market	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | present · passive |  | Muslims |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **cheat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Muslims *not said here* |  |  | markets |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Only Christians have any rules about cheating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:t10:o4:1
# text = Only Christians have any rules about cheating
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cheating	cheating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Christians | any rules |  |  |  | about cheating | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=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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