--- title: Your cousin rang the bank and says "they said they'd never ask for m… — Cards, banks and apps · tree and pragmatics description: Your cousin rang the bank and says "they said they'd never ask for my PIN, so the caller was lying?" Is he right? Test 11 of lesson 7 «Cards, banks and apps» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Cards, banks and apps](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/) / t11 # Test 11 · Cards, banks and apps Your cousin rang the bank and says "they said they'd never ask for my PIN, so the caller was lying?" Is he right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, they, caller · **What happens:** ring, say, not ask, lie, be · **To what, where:** bank · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 of lesson 7 «Cards, banks and apps» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your cousin rang the bank and says "they said they'd never ask for my PIN, so the caller was lying?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t11:1 # text = Your cousin rang the bank and says "they said they'd never ask for my PIN, so the caller was lying?" 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 PIN pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 caller caller NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | past | Your cousin | the bank | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bank=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | Your cousin *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | they | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | would | they | | | | | for my PIN | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lie** *in a quote* | past · progressive | the caller | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* Is he right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t11:2 # text = Is he right? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | caller | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yes, banks never ask for a PIN on the phone ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t11:o1:1 # text = Yes, banks never ask for a PIN on the phone 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 PIN pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | present | banks | | | the phone | | for a PIN | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, banks only ask on Sundays ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t11:o2:1 # text = No, banks only ask on Sundays 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Sundays Sunday PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | banks | | | | sunday | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, but the caller could still be trusted ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t11:o3:1 # text = Yes, but the caller could still be trusted 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 caller caller NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** | could · passive | | the caller | | | still | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, banks ask for it every month ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t11:o4:1 # text = No, banks ask for it every month 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | banks | | | | month | for it | 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. 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