--- title: chain msg says forward to 10 ppl or bad luck forever — Chain messages, lures and scam messages · tree and pragmatics description: chain msg says forward to 10 ppl or bad luck forever Test 10 · ★ of lesson 282 «Chain messages, lures and scam messages» 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/282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages/t10/) [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/) / [Chain messages, lures and scam messages](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Chain messages, lures and scam messages chain msg says forward to 10 ppl or bad luck forever **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** chain msg · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** 10 ppl · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 282 «Chain messages, lures and scam messages» of the everyday 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/everyday/282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t10:1 # text = chain msg says forward to 10 ppl or bad luck forever 1 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 msg msg NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 forward forward ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 ppl people NOUN NNS Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 11 forever forever ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | chain msg | | 10 ppl or bad luck | | | forever, forward *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to people=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 {#o1} Forward it to only five people ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t10:o1:1 # text = Forward it to only five people 1 Forward forward 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 _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forward** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | five people | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to people=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Forward it fast just to be safe, you never know ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t10:o2:1 # text = Forward it fast just to be safe, you never know 1 Forward forward 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 _ _ 3 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forward** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | fast *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **know** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Ignore it, nothing bad will happen ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t10:o3:1 # text = Ignore it, nothing bad will happen 1 Ignore ignore 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 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 5 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **happen** | future | nothing | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Reply asking who wrote it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t10:o4:1 # text = Reply asking who wrote it 1 Reply reply VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **write** | past | | it | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | **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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