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# Exam question 2 · Secrets, scams and always telling a grown-up

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It is given that a telephone caller, employing the voice of a head teacher, requests payment card details. Identify the most prudent course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, employ, request, identify · **To what, where:** It, voice, card details, prudent course

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Secrets, scams and always telling a grown-up» 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/16-secrets-scams-telling/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a telephone caller, employing the voice of a head teacher, requests payment card details.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:16-secrets-scams-telling:e2:1
# text = It is given that a telephone caller, employing the voice of a head teacher, requests payment card details.
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	caller	caller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	employing	employ	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	requests	request	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
18	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	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 | **employ** | gerund |  | the voice of a head teacher |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme |
| 3 | **request** | present |  | card details |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent detail=Recipient |

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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:16-secrets-scams-telling: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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To furnish the details without delay, the voice of the head teacher having been recognised

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:16-secrets-scams-telling:e2:o1:1
# text = To furnish the details without delay, the voice of the head teacher having been recognised
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	furnish	furnish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
15	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	recognised	recognise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **furnish** | to-infinitive |  | the details |  |  |  | without delay and the voice of the head teacher | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detail=Recipient |
| 2 | **have** | gerund | the voice of the head teacher *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **recognise** | participle · passive | the voice of the head teacher *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To request that the caller recite the pupil's name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:16-secrets-scams-telling:e2:o2:1
# text = To request that the caller recite the pupil's name
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	request	request	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	caller	caller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	recite	recite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **recite** | infinitive | the caller | the pupil's name |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme |
| 3 | **name** |  | the pupil |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To terminate the call and contact the school by means of its known number

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:16-secrets-scams-telling:e2:o3:1
# text = To terminate the call and contact the school by means of its known number
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	terminate	terminate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	csubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	contact	contact	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	obl	_	_
10	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **terminate** | to-infinitive |  | the call |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Theme |
| 2 | **contact** | infinitive |  | the school |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of school's known number | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To furnish part of the details pending confirmation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:16-secrets-scams-telling:e2:o4:1
# text = To furnish part of the details pending confirmation
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	furnish	furnish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	pending	pend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	confirmation	confirmation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **furnish** | to-infinitive |  | part of the details |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Recipient |
| 2 | **pend** | gerund | the details *not said here* | confirmation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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