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title: Bank warning: "Fraudsters use social engineering to get your PIN." W… — Soft words for hard things: crime, pri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bank warning: "Fraudsters use social engineering to get your PIN." What do they do? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 28 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police and lying and honesty» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police a…

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Bank warning: "Fraudsters use social engineering to get your PIN." What do they do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Fraudsters · **What happens:** use, get, do · **To what, where:** social engineering, PIN

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 28 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police and lying and honesty» of the euphemisms 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/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Bank warning: "Fraudsters use social engineering to get your PIN."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t5:1
# text = Bank warning: "Fraudsters use social engineering to get your PIN."
1	Bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Fraudsters	fraudster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	engineering	engineering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	PIN	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** *in a quote* | present | Fraudsters | social engineering |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent engineering=Patient |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Fraudsters *not said here* | your PIN |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pin=Stimulus |

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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 do they do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t5:2
# text = What do they do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · do-support | Fraudsters *= fraudster* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

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

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Trick you into telling them your PIN

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t5:o1:1
# text = Trick you into telling them your PIN
1	Trick	trick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	PIN	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | imperative | you *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* | your PIN | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient pin=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hack the bank's wires

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t5:o2:1
# text = Hack the bank's wires
1	Hack	hack	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	wires	wire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hack** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bank's wires |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wire=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fix your phone for free and then send you a big bill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t5:o3:1
# text = Fix your phone for free and then send you a big bill
1	Fix	fix	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | imperative | you *not said here* | your phone |  |  |  | for free | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent phone=Product for free=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **send** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a big bill | you |  | then |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination bill=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Build a fake bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t5:o4:1
# text = Build a fake bank
1	Build	build	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | imperative | you *not said here* | a fake bank |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bank=Product |

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