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title: Honest work at school — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday
description: Lesson 201 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 18 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Honest work at school

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**Tests:** 6 of 18 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 22 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 201 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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A boy in Glasgow copies a whole page about volcanoes from a website and hands it in. What would be the honest way?

- **1.** Change a few words and keep the rest — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Print it out and stick it in his book — no support
- **3.** Write it in his own words and say where the facts came from — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Copy it from two websites instead of one — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Why do teachers give tests, really?

- **1.** To catch children who are lazy — no support
- **2.** To make children nervous — no support
- **3.** To decide once and for all who is clever and who is not — no support
- **4.** To find out what you know so they can help — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 198, line 6: «A girl in Leeds believed a stranger who said her mum was in hospital and he would drive her there; she told a teacher first, and the teacher found out it was a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «teacher» (+2); the same action «find out» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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A girl lets her friend copy her answers every day. How does this affect the friend?

- **1.** Only the girl could get in trouble, because the answers are hers — no support
- **2.** The friend learns faster by copying — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** The friend does not learn and both could get in trouble — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** Nobody is affected at all — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 104, line 6: «A girl in Manchester told her friends she had been to Disney when she had not; when they found out, they stopped trusting her for a long time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find out» (+4); the same doer «friends» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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A boy got a bad note and signs his dad's name on it himself. Why is this so serious?

- **1.** It is not serious if the note is short and only about something small — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Because the note will get lost — no support
- **3.** Because his handwriting is untidy — no support
- **4.** Forging a signature is a big lie that breaks trust — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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A girl in Austin uses a chatbot to explain fractions, then does her worksheet herself. Is this cheating?

- **1.** No, and she could hand in its answers too — score 4
- **2.** Yes, because she learned something — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** Yes, any use of a chatbot is cheating — no support
- **4.** No, if school rules allow it, using it to understand is fine — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 112, line 4: «For example, a girl in Texas finds a marble on the rug where her baby brother crawls; she picks it up and puts it high on a shelf before he can reach it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pick up» (+3); the same doer «girl» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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

- **1.** Tell the teacher quietly afterwards if it worries her — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Ask to share the notes — no support
- **3.** Say nothing and copy the friend — no support
- **4.** Stand up and point at the pencil case — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 198, line 6: «A girl in Leeds believed a stranger who said her mum was in hospital and he would drive her there; she told a teacher first, and the teacher found out it was a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same receiver «teacher» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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

- **1.** Keeping the points as good luck — no support
- **2.** Telling his parents the points were earned fair and square — score 7
- **3.** Hoping the teacher never notices — no support
- **4.** Telling the teacher about the mistake — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 12, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 201, line 18: «Telling the teacher about a marking mistake in your favour shows integrity.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same receiver «teacher» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Why does a false reading log hurt the child who writes it?

- **1.** The child will have to read more books — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** The teacher cannot help with reading she does not know about — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Reading logs are marked very strictly — no support
- **4.** It does not hurt anyone at all — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 59, line 18: «When children say two people are «going out» or «together», they mean the two are boyfriend and girlfriend, or a couple; that is their private business.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «children» (+2); the same action «say» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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can i just get the AI chat thing to write my essay

- **1.** No, handing in work you didn't do is cheating — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yes, if you read it after — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** Yes, if you change one word — no support
- **4.** Yes, computers count as help, just like asking your big sister — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 88, line 13: «Saying kind things about yourself, and to yourself, helps you feel better.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same thing acted on «kind things» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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teacher marked my answer right but it was wrong lol

- **1.** Tell the teacher, it shows integrity — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **2.** Change your other answers too — no support
- **3.** Tell your friends to do the same next time so they get marks too — no support
- **4.** Say nothing, lucky you — score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 201, line 4: «Example: a girl in Melbourne notices her teacher added up her marks wrong and gave her 5 extra. She tells the teacher. Being honest about a mistake that helps…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same receiver «teacher» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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mate wants to copy my maths hw

- **1.** Give him all the answers — no support
- **2.** Let him copy, it's being kind — no support
- **3.** Explain it to him instead — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Copy his English homework back — **← Mova's choice** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 201, line 5: «A boy in Ohio copied his friend's maths homework all term; in the end-of-year test he could not do long division at all, and he had to repeat the work over the…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «maths homework» (+2); the same action «copy» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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answers r at the back of the book, look first?

- **1.** Only look in a test — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Copy them straight away — no support
- **3.** Never look at them at all, they're only for the teacher — no support
- **4.** Try it first, then use them to check — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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mate wants to copy my homework again, prob fine yeah?

- **1.** Yes, sharing answers is just being kind — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Only if the teacher never collects it — no support
- **3.** No, he won't learn it and you can both get a zero — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yes, if he changes a few words — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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Jake copied all his science homework and then failed the science test. Why?

- **1.** The test was about different things — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The teacher marked him harder on purpose — no support
- **3.** Copying makes you forget faster — no support
- **4.** He never learned the work himself — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t14/)

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### Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t15}

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got caught copying in the test, what now

- **1.** Deny it until they stop asking — no support
- **2.** Rip up the paper so there's no proof — no support
- **3.** Own up, say sorry and ask how to put it right — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Say your friend copied from you — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 201, line 3: «Copying someone else's writing and pretending it is yours is called plagiarism. The honest way is to write in your own words and say where you found the facts.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «facts» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t15/)

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### Test 16 · ★ · right ✓ {#t16}

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did u hear?? some year 6 kid got caught with answers on his arm in the maths test, they reckon he's getting expelled lol. what's the real lesson?

- **1.** Maths tests are not worth worrying about — no support
- **2.** Cheating gets spotted and the learning is lost anyway — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** Write notes somewhere teachers never check — no support
- **4.** Only older kids ever get caught cheating — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 201, line 8: «Copying answers is cheating, and you miss the learning the work is meant to give.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «miss» (+4); the same thing acted on «learning» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t16/)

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### Test 17 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t17}

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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?

- **1.** That copied work can earn a zero — no support
- **2.** The police part; teachers deal with copying themselves — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** That parents may be told about it — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **4.** That the teacher noticed the copied answers — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 201, line 18: «Telling the teacher about a marking mistake in your favour shows integrity.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «tell» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t17/)

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### Test 18 · ★ · right ✓ {#t18}

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my cousin said that new boy's essay was all off a chatbot, everyone's saying he's a cheat. should u pass it on?

- **1.** No, it's only a rumour and could hurt him unfairly — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yes, the class has a right to know — no support
- **3.** Yes, but only in the group chat — no support
- **4.** Yes, if you add that you heard it from a cousin — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/t18/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Identify the principal purpose for which tests are administered to pupils in the course of their schooling.

- **1.** To rank pupils permanently by their intelligence — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** To occupy pupils during the hours of the school day — no support
- **3.** To identify pupils who are idle and to punish them — no support
- **4.** To ascertain what a pupil knows so that assistance may be given — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the presentation of another person's writing as one's own?

- **1.** It is acceptable when the source is a website — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It is plagiarism, a form of cheating — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It is permissible provided some words are altered — no support
- **4.** It is legitimate research requiring no acknowledgement — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Select the response consistent with established practice where a teacher, in error, has awarded a pupil marks not earned.

- **1.** The pupil is entitled to retain the marks in silence — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The pupil ought to inform only fellow pupils — no support
- **3.** The pupil ought to inform the teacher of the error — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The pupil ought to request further marks — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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It is given that the answers are printed at the back of a textbook. State the proper use of such answers.

- **1.** To be disregarded as invariably incorrect — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** To be transcribed before any attempt is made — no support
- **3.** To verify one's work after an honest attempt — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** To be consulted only during formal tests — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/e4/)

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