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description: It is given that an electronic message purporting to originate from a bank contains no errors of spelling or grammar. Identify the inference properly to be drawn. Exam question 2 of lesson 13 «Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 2 · Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages

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It is given that an electronic message purporting to originate from a bank contains no errors of spelling or grammar. Identify the inference properly to be drawn.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** electronic message, spelling, you · **What happens:** give, purport, originate, contain, err, identify · **To what, where:** It, bank, errors, inference

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 13 «Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages» 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/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that an electronic message purporting to originate from a bank contains no errors of spelling or grammar.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages:e2:1
# text = It is given that an electronic message purporting to originate from a bank contains no errors of spelling or grammar.
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	_	14	mark	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	electronic	electronic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
8	purporting	purport	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	originate	originate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	errors	error	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	grammar	grammar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 | **purport** | gerund | a electronic message *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **originate** | to-infinitive | a electronic message *not said here* |  |  | a bank |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **contain** | present | a electronic message | no errors of spelling or grammar |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot error=Theme |
| 5 | **err** |  | spelling or grammar |  |  |  |  |  | nom error «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 inference properly to be drawn.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages:e2:2
# text = Identify the inference properly to be drawn.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	inference	inference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	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 inference |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent inference=Theme |
| 2 | **draw** | to-infinitive · passive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V» |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Its correctness affords no assurance of genuineness, scammers employing AI

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages:e2:o1:1
# text = Its correctness affords no assurance of genuineness, scammers employing AI
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	correctness	correctness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	affords	afford	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	assurance	assurance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	genuineness	genuineness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	scammers	scammer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	advcl	_	_
10	employing	employ	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	AI	ai	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **afford** | present | Its correctness | no assurance of genuineness |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **employ** | gerund | scammers *not said here* | AI |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ai=Theme |
| 3 | **assure** |  | genuineness |  |  |  |  |  | nom assurance «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Its correctness proves that the message is fraudulent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages:e2:o2:1
# text = Its correctness proves that the message is fraudulent
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	correctness	correctness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	fraudulent	fraudulent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | Its correctness |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the message |  |  |  |  | fraudulent *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Its correctness indicates that it was composed by a child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages:e2:o3:1
# text = Its correctness indicates that it was composed by a child
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	correctness	correctness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | Its correctness |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic |
| 2 | **compose** | past · passive | a child | correctness |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Its correctness proves conclusively that the message is genuine and safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages:e2:o4:1
# text = Its correctness proves conclusively that the message is genuine and safe
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	correctness	correctness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	conclusively	conclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | Its correctness |  |  |  |  | conclusively *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the message |  |  |  |  | genuine *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | the message *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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