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title: apparently the whole class copied off one girl and the teacher gave… — Honest work at school · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently the whole class copied off one girl and the teacher gave EVERYONE zero, even her, and called the police. what's probably blown up? Test 17 · ★ 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
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# Test 17 · ★ · Honest work at school

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apparently the whole class copied off one girl and the teacher gave EVERYONE zero, even her, and called the police. what's probably blown up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** whole class, teacher · **What happens:** copy off, give, call, blow up · **To what, where:** one girl, EVERYONE, girl, police · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t17:1
# text = apparently the whole class copied off one girl and the teacher gave EVERYONE zero, even her, and called the police. what's probably blown up?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	copied	copy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	EVERYONE	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	obj	_	_
14	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	even	even	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
24	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	27	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
26	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
28	up	up	ADP	RP	_	27	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy off** | participle | the whole class | one girl |  |  |  | apparently *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | past | the teacher | EVERYONE | girl |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient everyone=Theme |
| 3 | **call** | past | the teacher *not said here* | the police |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient |
| 4 | **blow up** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |

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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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That copied work can earn a zero

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t17:o1:1
# text = That copied work can earn a zero
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	copied	copy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	earn	earn	VERB	VB	_	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	zero	zero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **work** |  | That |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **earn** | can | copied work | a zero |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zero=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The police part; teachers deal with copying themselves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t17:o2:1
# text = The police part; teachers deal with copying themselves
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	deal	deal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	copying	copy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deal** | present | teachers | the part *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |
| 2 | **copy** | gerund | teachers *not said here* | teachers *= teacher* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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That parents may be told about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t17:o3:1
# text = That parents may be told about it
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | may · passive |  | that parents |  |  |  | about it | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient about it=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That the teacher noticed the copied answers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t17:o4:1
# text = That the teacher noticed the copied answers
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	noticed	notice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	copied	copy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | past | that teacher | the copied answers |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus |
| 2 | **copy** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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