Test 19 · ★★ · Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true

kids say the boy who got scammed in a trade is "so stupid lol". pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, boy · What happens: say, scam, be, pass on · To what, where: boy, trade · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★ of lesson 281 «Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true» of the everyday 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stupid	nsubj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 scammed	nsubj
6	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 scammed	aux:pass
7	scammed	scam	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 boy	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 trade	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 trade	det
10	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scammed	obl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 stupid	cop
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 stupid	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 stupid	advmod
14	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 say	ccomp
15	lol	lol	INTJ	_	14 stupid	discourse
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 stupid	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
18	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	parataxis
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 pass	obj
20	on	on	ADP	_	18 pass	compound:prt
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kids				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	scam	past · passive		the boy	a trade		tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	the boy			stupid property	tree rules
4	pass on	infinitive		trade			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, as a warning to everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 warning	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 warning	punct
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 warning	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 warning	det
5	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 everyone	case
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 warning	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, don't mock him; just trade only through official in-game trading

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 mock	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 mock	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 mock	advmod
5	mock	mock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mock	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 trade	punct
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 trade	advmod
9	trade	trade	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 mock	conj
10	only	only	ADV	_	16 trading	advmod
11	through	through	ADP	_	16 trading	case
12	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 trading	amod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 game	case
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 in	punct
15	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 trading	compound
16	trading	trading	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trade	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mock	imperative · do-support	you not said here	him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	trade	infinitive	you not said here			official game trading			vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, he should have known better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 known	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 known	nsubj:pass
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 known	aux
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 known	aux
6	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 known	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	should · perfect · passive		he				well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, and tell everyone his username so they can laugh at him too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 tell	iobj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 username	nmod:poss
7	username	username	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 laugh	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 laugh	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 laugh	aux
11	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tell	advcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 laugh	obl
14	too	too	ADV	_	11 laugh	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	his username	everyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient username=Topic
2	laugh	can	they					at him = he	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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