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title: In a test, a girl sees her friend reading notes hidden in a pencil c… — Honest work at school · tree and pragmatics
description: In a test, a girl sees her friend reading notes hidden in a pencil case. What is a sensible choice? Test 6 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Honest work at school

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In a test, a girl sees her friend reading notes hidden in a pencil case. What is a sensible choice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, friend · **What happens:** see, read, note, hide, be · **To what, where:** test, reading notes, pencil case, sensible choice

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a test, a girl sees her friend reading notes hidden in a pencil case.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t6:1
# text = In a test, a girl sees her friend reading notes hidden in a pencil case.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
12	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | a girl |  |  | a test |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **read** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **note** |  | girl's friend |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **hide** | participle |  | reading notes *not said here* |  | a pencil case |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in case=Location |

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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 a sensible choice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t6:2
# text = What is a sensible choice?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a sensible choice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Tell the teacher quietly afterwards if it worries her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t6:o1:1
# text = Tell the teacher quietly afterwards if it worries her
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	worries	worry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the teacher |  |  | afterwards, quietly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
| 2 | **worry** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | teacher | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ask to share the notes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t6:o2:1
# text = Ask to share the notes
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **share** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the notes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Say nothing and copy the friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t6:o3:1
# text = Say nothing and copy the friend
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	copy	copy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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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* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
| 2 | **copy** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the friend |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Stand up and point at the pencil case

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t6:o4:1
# text = Stand up and point at the pencil case
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	point	point	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **point** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the pencil case |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: 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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