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description: A caller says he's "from the school" and in a hurry: "no time to call back, card now". What does the hurry tell you? Test 11 of lesson 16 «Secrets, scams and always telling a grown-up» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 11 · Secrets, scams and always telling a grown-up

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A caller says he's "from the school" and in a hurry: "no time to call back, card now". What does the hurry tell you?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** caller, hurry · **What happens:** say, be, call back, tell · **To what, where:** school, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 16 «Secrets, scams and always telling a grown-up» of the AI 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/ai/16-secrets-scams-telling/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A caller says he's "from the school" and in a hurry: "no time to call back, card now".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:16-secrets-scams-telling:t11:1
# text = A caller says he's "from the school" and in a hurry: "no time to call back, card now".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	caller	caller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hurry	hurry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	18	det	_	_
18	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	acl	_	_
21	back	back	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
24	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	23	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a caller |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | caller |  |  | the school and a hurry |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **call back** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a caller *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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:* What does the hurry tell you?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:16-secrets-scams-telling:t11:2
# text = What does the hurry tell you?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hurry	hurry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the hurry |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Real schools are always in a hurry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:16-secrets-scams-telling:t11:o1:1
# text = Real schools are always in a hurry
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hurry	hurry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Real schools |  |  | a hurry |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hurry means the trip is nearly full

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:16-secrets-scams-telling:t11:o2:1
# text = Hurry means the trip is nearly full
1	Hurry	hurry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Hurry |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the trip |  |  |  |  | full, nearly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Pushing you to rush is a common scam trick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:16-secrets-scams-telling:t11:o3:1
# text = Pushing you to rush is a common scam trick
1	Pushing	push	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	rush	rush	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	scam	scam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | gerund |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 2 | **rush** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | Pushing | a common scam trick |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The call must be real if it is urgent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:16-secrets-scams-telling:t11:o4:1
# text = The call must be real if it is urgent
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	urgent	urgent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | the call |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | call |  |  |  |  | urgent *property* | tree rules |

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