Test 7 · ★ · Chain messages, lures and scam messages
A message says a famous footballer is giving away free trainers if you click and pay delivery. How can you check?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: message, famous footballer, you · What happens: say, give away, click, pay, check · To what, where: free trainers, delivery · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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 message says a famous footballer is giving away free trainers if you click and pay delivery.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 message | det |
| 2 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 footballer | det |
| 5 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 footballer | amod |
| 6 | footballer | footballer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 giving | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 giving | aux |
| 8 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 giving | advmod |
| 10 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 trainers | amod |
| 11 | trainers | trainer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 giving | obj |
| 12 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 14 click | mark |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 click | nsubj |
| 14 | click | click | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 giving | advcl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 pay | cc |
| 16 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 click | conj |
| 17 | delivery | delivery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 pay | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a message | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | give away | present · progressive | a famous footballer | free trainers | away property | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent trainer=Theme | |||
| 3 | click a condition, not said to happen | present | you | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | |||||
| 4 | pay | present | you not said here | delivery | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent delivery=Asset |
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: How can you check?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 check | advmod |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 check | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 check | nsubj |
| 4 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 check | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | can | you | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Click to see if the trainers are real
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Click | click | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 see | mark |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Click | xcomp |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 real | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 trainers | det |
| 6 | trainers | trainer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 real | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 real | cop |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 see | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | click | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the trainers | real property | tree rules |
Option 2
Pay delivery, since it is cheap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | delivery | delivery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pay | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 cheap | punct |
| 4 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 7 cheap | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 cheap | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 cheap | cop |
| 7 | cheap | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Pay | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | imperative | you not said here | delivery | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent delivery=Asset | ||||
| 2 | is | present | delivery | cheap property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Message the account and give your address so they can post them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Message | message | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 account | det |
| 3 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Message | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 give | cc |
| 5 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Message | conj |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 address | nmod:poss |
| 7 | address | address | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | obj |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 11 post | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 post | nsubj |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 post | aux |
| 11 | post | post | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Message | advcl |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 post | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | message | imperative | you not said here | the account | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | give | infinitive | you not said here | your address | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent address=Theme | ||||
| 3 | post | can | they | them = they | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 4 | address | your | nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Look at his real, official account and send nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 account | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 account | nmod:poss |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 account | amod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 real | punct |
| 6 | official | official | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 account | amod |
| 7 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Look | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 send | cc |
| 9 | send | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Look | conj |
| 10 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 send | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | at his real official account | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at account=Theme | ||||
| 2 | send | present | you not said here | nothing | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme | ||||
| 3 | account | his = he | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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