--- title: What would happen if everyone could pay someone else to write their… — Why cheating hurts the cheat · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if everyone could pay someone else to write their schoolwork? Test 7 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Why cheating hurts the cheat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Why cheating hurts the cheat What would happen if everyone could pay someone else to write their schoolwork? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everyone · **What happens:** happen, pay, write · **To what, where:** someone, schoolwork This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:t7:1 # text = What would happen if everyone could pay someone else to write their schoolwork? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 7 nsubj _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 obj _ _ 9 else else ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 schoolwork schoolwork NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pay** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | everyone | someone | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Asset | | 3 | **write** | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* | their schoolwork | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent schoolwork=Theme | 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} Everyone would become cleverer, because they'd read more essays ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:t7:o1:1 # text = Everyone would become cleverer, because they'd read more essays 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 cleverer clever ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 10 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 amod _ _ 11 essays essay NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | Everyone | | | | | clever *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **read** | would | they | more essays | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent essay=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing would change at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:t7:o2:1 # text = Nothing would change at all 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | all | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Marks would mean nothing, and nobody would learn ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:t7:o3:1 # text = Marks would mean nothing, and nobody would learn 1 Marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | would | Marks | nothing | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 2 | **learn** | would | nobody | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Teachers would have more free time ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:94-why-cheating-hurts-the-cheat:t7:o4:1 # text = Teachers would have more free time 1 Teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 5 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | would | Teachers | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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. 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