--- title: Ascertain the reason for which scammers telephone children. — Phones, visiting friends, presents and… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the reason for which scammers telephone children. Exam question 4 of lesson 222 «Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Phones, visiting friends, presents and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes Ascertain the reason for which scammers telephone children. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, scammers · **What happens:** ascertain, telephone · **To what, where:** reason, children This is exam question 4 of lesson 222 «Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes» of the everyday 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/everyday/222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the reason for which scammers telephone children. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 6 scammers scammer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 telephone telephone VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | | 2 | **telephone** *speech: other* | present | scammers | | children | | | for the reason | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} To learn when a house is empty or to obtain money and passwords ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:e4:o1:1 # text = To learn when a house is empty or to obtain money and passwords 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 learn learn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 11 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 passwords password NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | a house | | | | | empty *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | a house *not said here* | money and passwords | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset money=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} To invite children to school events ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:e4:o2:1 # text = To invite children to school events 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 invite invite VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invite** | to-infinitive | | | children | | | to school events | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} To check that phones are working ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:e4:o3:1 # text = To check that phones are working 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 check check VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 phones phone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **work** | present · progressive | phones | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} To offer free gifts that are genuine ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:e4:o4:1 # text = To offer free gifts that are genuine 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 offer offer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 genuine genuine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | to-infinitive | | free gifts | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | free gifts | | | | | genuine *property* | tree rules | **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. 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