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Test 11 · Cards, banks and apps

Your cousin rang the bank and says "they said they'd never ask for my PIN, so the caller was lying?" Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, they, caller · What happens: ring, say, not ask, lie, be · To what, where: bank · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 of lesson 7 «Cards, banks and apps» of the adult life 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.

The question

Sentence 1: Your cousin rang the bank and says "they said they'd never ask for my PIN, so the caller was lying?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rang	nsubj
3	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bank	det
5	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rang	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 says	cc
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rang	conj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 says	ccomp
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 ask	nsubj
12	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 ask	aux
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 ask	advmod
14	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 said	ccomp
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 PIN	case
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 PIN	nmod:poss
17	PIN	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ask	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 lying	punct
19	so	so	ADV	_	23 lying	advmod
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 caller	det
21	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 lying	nsubj
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 lying	aux
23	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 rang	advcl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 rang	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 rang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	past	Your cousin	the bank					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bank=Theme
2	say speech: ask	present	Your cousin not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	say speech: assert in a quote	past	they						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	not ask speech: ask in a quote	would	they					for my PIN	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	lie in a quote	past · progressive	the caller						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

Sentence 2: Is he right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	caller					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yes, banks never ask for a PIN on the phone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 banks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ask	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 ask	advmod
5	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 PIN	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 PIN	det
8	PIN	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ask	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 phone	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 phone	det
11	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not ask speech: ask	present	banks			the phone		for a PIN	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

No, banks only ask on Sundays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 banks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ask	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 ask	advmod
5	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 Sundays	case
7	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	banks				sunday		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, but the caller could still be trusted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 trusted	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 caller	det
5	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trusted	nsubj:pass
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 trusted	aux
7	still	still	ADV	_	9 trusted	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 trusted	aux:pass
9	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Yes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	could · passive		the caller			still		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

No, banks ask for it every month

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 ask	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ask	nsubj
4	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ask	obl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 month	det
8	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	banks				month	for it	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

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