Test 3 · ★ · Chain messages, lures and scam messages

A boy in Sydney gets a call from someone saying he is from the tax office and his parents will be arrested unless they pay today. What should he do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, parents · What happens: get, say, be, arrest, pay, do · To what, where: call, someone, tax office, parents · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A boy in Sydney gets a call from someone saying he is from the tax office and his parents will be arrested unless they pay today.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gets	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Sydney	case
4	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 call	det
7	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gets	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 someone	case
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 call	nmod
10	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 someone	acl
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 office	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 office	cop
13	from	from	ADP	_	16 office	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 office	det
15	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 office	compound
16	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 saying	ccomp
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 arrested	cc
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 parents	nmod:poss
19	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 arrested	nsubj:pass
20	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 arrested	aux
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 arrested	aux:pass
22	arrested	arrest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 office	conj
23	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	25 pay	mark
24	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 pay	nsubj
25	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gets	advcl
26	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 pay	obl:unmarked
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	get	present	a boy in Sydney	a call	someone		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent call=Theme from someone=Source
2	say speech: assert	gerund					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	boy		the tax office		tree rules
4	arrest	future · passive		boy's parents			vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
5	pay a condition, not said to happen	present	parents = parent			today	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: 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: What should he do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing 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	should	boy						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Give nothing, hang up or pass the phone to a parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Give	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hang	punct
4	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Give	parataxis
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 hang	compound:prt
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 pass	cc
7	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 hang	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 phone	det
9	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pass	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 parent	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 parent	det
12	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	nothing		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme
2	hang up	infinitive				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pass	infinitive		the phone	a parent	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent phone=Theme to parent=Recipient

Option 2

Tell them the family's bank details so his parents are not arrested

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 family	det
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 details	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 family	case
6	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 details	compound
7	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	obj
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 arrested	mark
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 parents	nmod:poss
10	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 arrested	nsubj:pass
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 arrested	aux:pass
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 arrested	advmod
13	arrested	arrest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Tell	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the family's bank details	them = they	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient detail=Topic
2	not arrest	present · passive		his parents		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	detail		the family			nom detail «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Promise to pay with his pocket money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 pay	mark
3	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Promise	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 money	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 money	nmod:poss
6	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 money	compound
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	to-infinitive						with his pocket money	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Give them his school's address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 school	nmod:poss
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 address	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 school	case
6	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	his school's address	them = they				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient address=Theme
2	address		his school						nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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