Test 16 · ★★ · Staying safe online and checking what you see

message says 'police: pay £50 or be arrested'

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: message · What happens: say, pay, arrest · To what, where: police · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★★ of lesson 283 «Staying safe online and checking what you see» 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	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	'	'	PUNCT	_	4 police	punct
4	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 says	obj
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 pay	punct
6	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
7	£	£	SYM	_	6 pay	obj
8	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 £	nummod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 arrested	cc
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 arrested	aux:pass
11	arrested	arrest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 pay	conj
12	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 pay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	message	police	tree rules
2	pay	infinitive			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Asset
3	arrest	infinitive · passive			vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»

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

Send your address to explain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 address	nmod:poss
3	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Send	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 explain	mark
5	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Send	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	send	imperative	you not said here	your address	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent address=Theme
2	explain speech: assert	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	address		your		nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Reply and ask for more time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reply	reply	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 ask	cc
3	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Reply	conj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 time	case
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reply speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here				time		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Pay quickly so you are not arrested, then tell nobody

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Pay	advmod
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 arrested	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 arrested	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 arrested	aux:pass
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 arrested	advmod
7	arrested	arrest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Pay	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 tell	advmod
10	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pay	conj
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	pay	imperative	you not said here				quickly property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not arrest	present · passive		you				vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		nobody	then		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell a parent; real police never ask for payment like that

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 parent	det
3	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 ask	punct
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 police	amod
6	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ask	nsubj
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 ask	advmod
8	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 payment	case
10	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ask	obl
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 that	case
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 payment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a parent				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
2	not ask speech: ask	present	real police					for payment like that	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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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