Test 5 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police a…
Bank warning: "Fraudsters use social engineering to get your PIN." What do they do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Fraudsters · What happens: use, get, do · To what, where: social engineering, PIN
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 28 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police and lying and honesty» of the euphemisms 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: Bank warning: "Fraudsters use social engineering to get your PIN."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 warning | compound |
| 2 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 use | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 use | punct |
| 5 | Fraudsters | fraudster | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 use | nsubj |
| 6 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 warning | acl:relcl |
| 7 | social | social | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 engineering | amod |
| 8 | engineering | engineering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 use | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 get | mark |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 use | advcl |
| 11 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 PIN | nmod:poss |
| 12 | PIN | pin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 get | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 warning | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 warning | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use in a quote | present | Fraudsters | social engineering | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent engineering=Patient | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | to-infinitive | Fraudsters not said here | your PIN | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pin=Stimulus |
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: What do they do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · do-support | Fraudsters = fraudster | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Trick you into telling them your PIN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trick | trick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 Trick | obj |
| 3 | into | into | SCONJ | _ | 4 telling | mark |
| 4 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Trick | advcl |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 telling | iobj |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 PIN | nmod:poss |
| 7 | PIN | pin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 telling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | imperative | you not said here | you | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | gerund | you not said here | your PIN | them = they | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient pin=Topic |
Option 2
Hack the bank's wires
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hack | hack | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bank | det |
| 3 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wires | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 bank | case |
| 5 | wires | wire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Hack | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hack | imperative | you not said here | the bank's wires | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wire=Product |
Option 3
Fix your phone for free and then send you a big bill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fix | fix | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 phone | nmod:poss |
| 3 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fix | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 free | case |
| 5 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Fix | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 send | cc |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 send | advmod |
| 8 | send | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Fix | conj |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 send | iobj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 bill | det |
| 11 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 bill | amod |
| 12 | bill | bill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 send | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | imperative | you not said here | your phone | for free | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent phone=Product for free=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | send | infinitive | you not said here | a big bill | you | then | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination bill=Theme |
Option 4
Build a fake bank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Build | build | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bank | det |
| 3 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bank | amod |
| 4 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Build | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | imperative | you not said here | a fake bank | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bank=Product |
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