Test 2 · ★ · Chain messages, lures and scam messages
Which request is almost certainly a scam?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: request · What happens: be · To what, where: scam
This is test 2 · ★ 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 request | det |
| 2 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 scam | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 scam | cop |
| 4 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 5 certainly | advmod |
| 5 | certainly | certainly | ADV | _ | 7 scam | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 scam | det |
| 7 | scam | scam | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 scam | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | which request | a scam | certainly property | tree rules |
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
A teacher asks you for a signed permission slip for the school trip
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 asks | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 slip | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 slip | det |
| 7 | signed | sign | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 slip | amod |
| 8 | permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 slip | compound |
| 9 | slip | slip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 trip | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 trip | det |
| 12 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 trip | compound |
| 13 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 slip | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a teacher | you | for a signed permission slip for the school trip | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | |||
| 2 | sign | participle | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
A library asks you to return a book
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 library | det |
| 2 | library | library | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 asks | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 return | mark |
| 6 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 asks | xcomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 book | det |
| 8 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 return | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a library | you | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | return not said to happen | to-infinitive | a library not said here | a book | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme |
Option 3
A shop asks you to pay at the till
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 shop | det |
| 2 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 asks | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 pay | mark |
| 6 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 asks | xcomp |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 till | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 till | det |
| 9 | till | till | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a shop | you | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | pay not said to happen | to-infinitive | a shop not said here | the till | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Someone asks you to pay them with gift card numbers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 asks | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 pay | mark |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 asks | xcomp |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 pay | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 numbers | case |
| 8 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 card | compound |
| 9 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 numbers | compound |
| 10 | numbers | number | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Someone | you | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | pay not said to happen | to-infinitive | Someone not said here | them = they | with card numbers | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset |
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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