Test 5 · ★★ · Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the…
Your cousin sends you a clip of the Prime Minister singing a rude song. What is the best first step?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, clip, best first step · What happens: send, sing, be · To what, where: clip, you, rude song
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 314 «Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the news» 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: Your cousin sends you a clip of the Prime Minister singing a rude song.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sends | nsubj |
| 3 | sends | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 sends | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 clip | det |
| 6 | clip | clip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sends | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Minister | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Minister | det |
| 9 | Prime | Prime | PROPN | _ | 10 Minister | compound |
| 10 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 clip | nmod |
| 11 | singing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 clip | acl |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 song | det |
| 13 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 song | amod |
| 14 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 singing | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sends | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present | Your cousin | a clip of the Prime Minister | you | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination clip=Theme | |||
| 2 | sing speech: express | gerund | a clip of the Prime Minister not said here | a rude song | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |
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 is the best first step?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 step | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 step | amod |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 step | amod |
| 6 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best first step | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Delete your cousin from your contacts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delete | delete | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Delete | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 contacts | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 contacts | nmod:poss |
| 6 | contacts | contact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Delete | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | delete | imperative | you not said here | your cousin | your contacts | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent cousin=Theme from contact=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | contact | your | nom contact «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Share it with everyone, because a video is real proof of what happened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Share | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 everyone | case |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Share | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 proof | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 proof | mark |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 video | det |
| 8 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 proof | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 proof | cop |
| 10 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 proof | amod |
| 11 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Share | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 what | case |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 proof | nmod |
| 14 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 what | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | imperative | you not said here | it | with everyone | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is a | present | a video | real proof | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | happen | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Believe it, because the voice sounds right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Believe | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sounds | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 sounds | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 voice | det |
| 6 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sounds | nsubj |
| 7 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Believe | parataxis |
| 8 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sounds | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | imperative | you not said here | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | sound | present | the voice | right property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Check trusted news sources, because it could be a deepfake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 sources | amod |
| 3 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sources | compound |
| 4 | sources | source | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Check | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 deepfake | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 deepfake | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 deepfake | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 deepfake | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 deepfake | cop |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 deepfake | det |
| 11 | deepfake | deepfake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Check | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | imperative | you not said here | trusted news sources | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent source=Theme | ||||
| 2 | trust | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is a | could | it | a deepfake | tree rules |
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