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description: It is given that a telephone call, in the voice of a relative, requests the urgent transfer of money. Identify the most prudent course of action. Exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Keep yourself private, and voices that lie» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 2 · Keep yourself private, and voices that lie

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It is given that a telephone call, in the voice of a relative, requests the urgent transfer of money. Identify the most prudent course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, request, transfer, identify · **To what, where:** It, urgent transfer, money, prudent course

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Keep yourself private, and voices that lie» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/ai/12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a telephone call, in the voice of a relative, requests the urgent transfer of money.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie:e2:1
# text = It is given that a telephone call, in the voice of a relative, requests the urgent transfer of money.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	requests	request	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	urgent	urgent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	transfer	transfer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **request** | present |  | the urgent transfer of money |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent transfer=Recipient |
| 3 | **transfer** |  |  | money |  |  |  |  | nom transfer «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Identify the most prudent course of action.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie:e2:2
# text = Identify the most prudent course of action.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	prudent	prudent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the prudent course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Furnishing the caller with bank details

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie:e2:o1:1
# text = Furnishing the caller with bank details
1	Furnishing	furnish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	caller	caller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **furnish** | gerund |  | the caller |  |  |  | with bank details | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent caller=Recipient with detail=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Transferring the money without delay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie:e2:o2:1
# text = Transferring the money without delay
1	Transferring	transfer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transfer** | gerund |  | the money |  |  |  | without delay | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Prolonging the call until the money is dispatched

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie:e2:o3:1
# text = Prolonging the call until the money is dispatched
1	Prolonging	prolong	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	csubj:pass	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	until	until	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prolong** | gerund |  | the call |  |  | until the money |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent call=Theme |
| 2 | **dispatch** | present · passive | Prolonging |  |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Terminating the call and contacting the relative by the customary number

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie:e2:o4:1
# text = Terminating the call and contacting the relative by the customary number
1	Terminating	terminate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	contacting	contact	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **terminate** | gerund |  | the call |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Theme |
| 2 | **contact** | gerund |  | the relative |  |  |  | by the customary number | tree rules |

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**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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