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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def score(self):
 """ Returns the sum of the accidental dignities score. """

        if not self.scoreProperties:
            self.scoreProperties = self.getScoreProperties()
        return sum(self.scoreProperties.values())