Test 7 · ★★ · Staying safe online and checking what you see
An online stranger offers to be your friend and says he is 10, like you. Why be careful?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: online stranger, stranger, you · What happens: offer, be, say · To what, where: friend, 10 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: An online stranger offers to be your friend and says he is 10, like you.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 stranger | det |
| 2 | online | online | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stranger | amod |
| 3 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 offers | nsubj |
| 4 | offers | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 friend | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 friend | cop |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 friend | nmod:poss |
| 8 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 offers | advcl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 says | cc |
| 10 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 offers | conj |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 10 | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 10 | cop |
| 13 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 says | ccomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 you | punct |
| 15 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 you | case |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 says | ccomp |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 offers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | present | a online stranger | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | a online stranger not said here | your friend | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | a online stranger not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a | present | stranger | 10 | 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.
Sentence 2: Why be careful?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 careful | advmod |
| 2 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 3 careful | cop |
| 3 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 careful | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | imperative | you not said here | careful property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
All 10-year-olds online are safe to talk to
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 olds | det |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 year | nummod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 10 | punct |
| 4 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 olds | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 year | punct |
| 6 | olds | old | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 safe | nsubj |
| 7 | online | online | ADV | _ | 6 olds | advmod |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 safe | cop |
| 9 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 talk | mark |
| 11 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 safe | xcomp |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | all year olds | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | talk | to-infinitive | all year olds not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Online, anyone can pretend to be anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Online | online | ADV | _ | 5 pretend | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Online | punct |
| 3 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 pretend | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 pretend | aux |
| 5 | pretend | pretend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 anyone | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 anyone | cop |
| 8 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 pretend | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | can | anyone | online property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | anyone not said here | anyone | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Strangers online never lie about their age
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strangers | stranger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lie | nsubj |
| 2 | online | online | ADV | _ | 1 Strangers | advmod |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 lie | advmod |
| 4 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 age | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 age | nmod:poss |
| 7 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lie | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not lie | present | Strangers | about Strangers's age | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about age=Location |
Option 4
It is only a problem if he is rude to you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 problem | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 problem | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 problem | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 problem | det |
| 5 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 rude | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 rude | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 rude | cop |
| 9 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 problem | acl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 you | case |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 rude | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a problem | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | he | a problem not said here | you | rude property | tree rules |
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