Test 9 · ★★ · «Free V-bucks» and other scams
Grandma: «nice man from the bank wants my card number to keep it safe». Zara's best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandma, Zara · What happens: want, keep, answer · To what, where: card number, number
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 416 ««Free V-bucks» and other scams» 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: Grandma: «nice man from the bank wants my card number to keep it safe».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 man | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 man | punct |
| 4 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 man | amod |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wants | nsubj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 bank | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bank | det |
| 8 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 man | nmod |
| 9 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 number | nmod:poss |
| 11 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 number | compound |
| 12 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wants | obj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 keep | mark |
| 14 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 wants | advcl |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 keep | obj |
| 16 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 keep | xcomp |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 safe | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want in a quote | present | Grandma | my card number | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot number=Theme | ||||
| 2 | keep in a quote | to-infinitive | Grandma not said here | number | safe property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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: Zara's best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 answer | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Zara | case |
| 3 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 answer | amod |
| 4 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 answer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer | Zara | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ask him to say please and then give it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ask | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 say | mark |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | ccomp |
| 5 | please | please | INTJ | _ | 4 say | discourse |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 give | cc |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 give | advmod |
| 8 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ask | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | give | infinitive | you not said here | it | then | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Hang up and ring the bank's real number
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hang | hang | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Hang | compound:prt |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 ring | cc |
| 4 | ring | ring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hang | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bank | det |
| 6 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 number | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 bank | case |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 number | amod |
| 9 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang up | imperative | you not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | ring | infinitive | you not said here | the bank's real number | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location number=Theme |
Option 3
Give him only the first half of it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 half | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 half | det |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 half | amod |
| 6 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 1 Give | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 half | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | the first half of half | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient half=Theme |
Option 4
Read it out slowly so he gets every number right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Read | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Read | compound:prt |
| 4 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 1 Read | advmod |
| 5 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 gets | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 gets | nsubj |
| 7 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Read | advcl |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 number | det |
| 9 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | obj |
| 10 | right | right | ADV | _ | 7 gets | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read out | imperative | you not said here | it | slowly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||
| 2 | get | present | he | every number | right property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer number=Stimulus |
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