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# Test 6 · ★★ · In the news: jobs, art and copying, children's safety

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In a cartoon a boss on a video call says "send all the money now, don't tell anyone". What should the worker do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boss, worker · **What happens:** say, send, not tell, do · **To what, where:** cartoon, money, anyone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 22 «In the news: jobs, art and copying, children's safety» 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/22-news-jobs-art-safety/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a boss on a video call says "send all the money now, don't tell anyone".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:22-news-jobs-art-safety:t6:1
# text = In a cartoon a boss on a video call says "send all the money now, don't tell anyone".
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
13	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
20	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
21	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a boss on a video call |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **send** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | all money |  |  | now |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support |  |  | anyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=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:* What should the worker do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:22-news-jobs-art-safety:t6:2
# text = What should the worker do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	worker	worker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | the worker |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Send it, because the face looks right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:22-news-jobs-art-safety:t6:o1:1
# text = Send it, because the face looks right
1	Send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | present | the face |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Check with the boss another way first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:22-news-jobs-art-safety:t6:o2:1
# text = Check with the boss another way first
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | another way |  |  |  | with the boss; first *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ask the boss to say the password on screen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:22-news-jobs-art-safety:t6:o3:1
# text = Ask the boss to say the password on screen
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	password	password	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | the boss |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent boss=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the password |  | screen |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent password=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Send half to be safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:22-news-jobs-art-safety:t6:o4:1
# text = Send half to be safe
1	Send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | imperative | you *not said here* | half |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | 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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