--- title: Copying and peeking in tests — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Copying and peeking in tests», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Cheating ends in different ways, but it never ends well. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Copying and peeking in tests # Copying and peeking in tests Lesson 340 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 25 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/0/) — Cheating ends in different ways, but it never ends well. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/1/) — Ella in Auckland peeked at her neighbour's spelling test because she hadn't learned the words. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/2/) — She got ten out of ten — and the mark felt empty, because it wasn't really hers. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/3/) — Her conscience bit until she told the teacher and took the test again at lunch. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/4/) — Max in Dublin copied his friend's maths homework twice and got away with it, so he thought he always could. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/5/) — The third time they both had the same wrong answer. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/6/) — The teacher noticed, his friend got in trouble too, and Max's planner came home to be signed. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/7/) — He said it was his fault, not his friend's, and did the sheet again alone. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/9/) — The tower could not be entered, because it wasn't his work. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/10/) — His parents were called in to talk with the teacher; at home there was a row and the console went away for a week. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/11/) — Max slammed his door and said «It's not fair!» and didn't speak to Mum all evening. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/13/) — He said sorry, and Mum explained that the lost console was a consequence, not revenge. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/14/) — He made a smaller, wobblier tower by himself — and was prouder of it than of the perfect one. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/15/) — A mark you get by cheating does not show what you know, so it feels empty. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/16/) — Copying homework hurts the friend who helped you, because he can get in trouble too. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/17/) — Getting away with cheating a few times does not make it safe; it is often noticed in the end, for example by the same mistakes. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/18/) — The answers in the back of a book teach you nothing; doing the working does. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/19/) — A teacher can spot copied answers: every answer is right, but there is no working. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/20/) — A test with cheating on it usually doesn't count, and a note may go home. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/21/) — Pretending to be fouled in sport is cheating with your body and can earn a yellow card; saying sorry to the other team's player helps put it right. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/22/) — Cutting a corner in a race is cheating too: a runner seen doing it is taken off the results. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/23/) — Your own imperfect work is worth more than someone else's perfect work with your name on it. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/24/) — A consequence like losing a console for a week is meant to teach, not to take revenge. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/25/) — Feeling cross and sulking after a consequence is normal, but putting things right is still your job. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/26/) — Owning up and asking for help with the part you didn't understand is the real fix for cheating in learning. - ← previous: [Borrowing without asking](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/339-borrowing-without-asking/) - next →: [Cheating in games and sports](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/341-cheating-in-games-and-sports/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)