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title: A boy finds 8 extra points on his test because of an adding mistake.… — Honest work at school · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy finds 8 extra points on his test because of an adding mistake. What shows integrity? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · Honest work at school

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A boy finds 8 extra points on his test because of an adding mistake. What shows integrity?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** find, add, test, show · **To what, where:** 8 extra points, test, integrity

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy finds 8 extra points on his test because of an adding mistake.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t7:1
# text = A boy finds 8 extra points on his test because of an adding mistake.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	14	case	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	adding	add	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	amod	_	_
14	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | a boy | 8 extra points |  | boy's test |  | because a adding mistake | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Topic |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **test** |  | boy |  |  |  |  |  | nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 shows integrity?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t7:2
# text = What shows integrity?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	integrity	integrity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present |  | integrity |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent integrity=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Keeping the points as good luck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t7:o1:1
# text = Keeping the points as good luck
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | the points |  |  |  | as good luck | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Telling his parents the points were earned fair and square

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t7:o2:1
# text = Telling his parents the points were earned fair and square
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj:pass	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	earned	earn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	square	square	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | the points | his parents |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient point=Topic |
| 2 | **earn** | past · passive | Telling |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hoping the teacher never notices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t7:o3:1
# text = Hoping the teacher never notices
1	Hoping	hope	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	notices	notice	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | gerund |  | the teacher |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **notice** | present | Hoping |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Telling the teacher about the mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:t7:o4:1
# text = Telling the teacher about the mistake
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | the teacher |  |  | about the mistake | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient about mistake=Topic |

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