---
title: Whereas a teacher has erroneously totalled a mark in the pupil's fav… — Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pran… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a teacher has erroneously totalled a mark in the pupil's favour, select the response consistent with integrity. Exam question 2 of lesson 278 «Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play/e2/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pran…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play/) / e2

# Exam question 2 · Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Whereas a teacher has erroneously totalled a mark in the pupil's favour, select the response consistent with integrity.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, pupil · **What happens:** totall, select, favour · **To what, where:** teacher, favour, response

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 2 of lesson 278 «Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:e2:1
# text = Whereas a teacher has erroneously totalled a mark in the pupil's favour, select the response consistent with integrity.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	erroneously	erroneously	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	totalled	totall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
15	select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	integrity	integrity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **totall** | present · perfect · passive |  | a teacher |  | the pupil's favour |  | erroneously *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 3 | **favour** |  | the pupil |  |  |  |  |  | nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pupil shall retain the mark in silence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:e2:o1:1
# text = The pupil shall retain the mark in silence
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	retain	retain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** | shall | the pupil | the mark |  | silence |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pupil shall inform the teacher of the error

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:e2:o2:1
# text = The pupil shall inform the teacher of the error
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	inform	inform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | shall | the pupil |  | the teacher of the error |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pupil shall inform only their friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:e2:o3:1
# text = The pupil shall inform only their friends
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	inform	inform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | shall | the pupil | their friends |  |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pupil shall request a further increase in recognition of honesty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:e2:o4:1
# text = The pupil shall request a further increase in recognition of honesty
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	request	request	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	increase	increase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	recognition	recognition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	honesty	honesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | shall | the pupil | a further increase |  | recognition of honesty |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent increase=Recipient |
| 2 | **recognize** |  |  | honesty |  |  |  |  | nom recognition «state transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pran…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play/e1/)
- next →: [Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pran…, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play/e3/)
- ↑ back to [Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play/)