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title: got caught copying in the test, what now — Honest work at school · tree and pragmatics
description: got caught copying in the test, what now Test 15 · ★ of lesson 201 «Honest work at school» of the everyday 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 15 · ★ · Honest work at school

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got caught copying in the test, what now

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** catch, copy · **To what, where:** test

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 201 «Honest work at school» of the everyday 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/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t15:1
# text = got caught copying in the test, what now
1	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	copying	copy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nmod	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» |
| 2 | **copy** | gerund |  |  |  | the test |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in test=Destination |

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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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Deny it until they stop asking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t15:o1:1
# text = Deny it until they stop asking
1	Deny	deny	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deny** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **stop** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rip up the paper so there's no proof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t15:o2:1
# text = Rip up the paper so there's no proof
1	Rip	rip	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rip up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the paper |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Patient |
| 2 | **be** | present | no proof |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Own up, say sorry and ask how to put it right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t15:o3:1
# text = Own up, say sorry and ask how to put it right
1	Own	own	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	right	right	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **put** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Say your friend copied from you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t15:o4:1
# text = Say your friend copied from you
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	copied	copy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | your friend |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent friend=Topic |
| 2 | **copy** | participle |  | your friend *not said here* |  |  |  | from you | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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