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title: A cartoon shows an ancient Greek cheat getting a golden statue of hi… — Why cheating hurts the cheat · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows an ancient Greek cheat getting a golden statue of himself as a reward. What is wrong? Test 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 choi
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# Test 3 · ★ · Why cheating hurts the cheat

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A cartoon shows an ancient Greek cheat getting a golden statue of himself as a reward. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon, ancient Greek cheat · **What happens:** show, get, be · **To what, where:** ancient Greek cheat, golden statue

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows an ancient Greek cheat getting a golden statue of himself as a reward.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:t3:1
# text = A cartoon shows an ancient Greek cheat getting a golden statue of himself as a reward.
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cheat	cheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	11	nmod	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 ancient Greek cheat |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cheat=Recipient |
| 2 | **get** | gerund | a ancient Greek cheat *not said here* | a golden statue of cartoon |  |  |  | as a reward | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer statue=Stimulus as reward=Attribute |

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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:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat: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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Cheats paid for statues of Zeus with their names on as a shame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:t3:o1:1
# text = Cheats paid for statues of Zeus with their names on as a shame
1	Cheats	cheat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	statues	statue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | Cheats |  |  |  |  | for statues of Zeus; with Cheats's names; as a shame | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for statue=Theme |
| 2 | **name** |  | Cheats *= cheat* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing; cheats got statues as prizes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:t3:o2:1
# text = Nothing; cheats got statues as prizes
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cheats	cheat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	statues	statue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	prizes	prize	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Nothing | statues |  |  |  | as prizes | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer statue=Stimulus as prize=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The statues were of the winners, not cheats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:t3:o3:1
# text = The statues were of the winners, not cheats
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	statues	statue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	winners	winner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	cheats	cheat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the statues |  |  |  |  | of the winners and cheats | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Greeks didn't have any statues

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:t3:o4:1
# text = The Greeks didn't have any statues
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	statues	statue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | past · do-support | the Greeks | any statues |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statue=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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