Test 19 · ★ · Chain messages, lures and scam messages

everyone's saying Sam's dad "got scammed outta his whole house" with gift cards, apparently. pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: everyone, scammed outta · What happens: say, scam, house, pass on · To what, where: dad, house · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 282 «Chain messages, lures and scam messages» 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 saying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dad	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Sam	case
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saying	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct
8	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 scammed	aux:pass
9	scammed	scam	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 outta	amod
10	outta	outta	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 house	nsubj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 house	nmod:poss
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 house	amod
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saying	ccomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 house	punct
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 cards	case
16	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cards	compound
17	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 saying	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 pass	punct
19	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	21 pass	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 apparently	punct
21	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	advcl
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 pass	obj
23	on	on	ADP	_	21 pass	compound:prt
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone	Sam's dad	with gift cards	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent dad=Theme with card=Manner
2	scam in a quote	past · passive				tree rules
3	house in a quote		scammed outta			tree rules
4	pass on	infinitive	everyone not said here	house	apparently property	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it's a rumour and would hurt Sam's family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 rumour	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rumour	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rumour	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rumour	det
6	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hurt	cc
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hurt	aux
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 rumour	conj
10	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 family	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Sam	case
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rumour	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a rumour					tree rules
2	hurt	would							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Yes, and add how much it was and who told you about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 add	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 add	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 add	cc
4	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 add	obj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 much	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 much	cop
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 told	cc
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 told	nsubj
11	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 much	conj
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 told	iobj
13	about	about	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	is	past	it		much property	tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	past		you	about it	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient about it=Topic

Option 3

Yes, so people laugh at his dad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 laugh	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 laugh	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 laugh	advmod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 laugh	nsubj
5	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 dad	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dad	nmod:poss
8	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laugh	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	people					at his dad	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, but say you heard it from Sam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 say	ccomp
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 say	cc
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 heard	nsubj
6	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	ccomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 heard	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 Sam	case
9	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hear	past	you	it		Sam			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Topic from sam=Source

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