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title: Someone online has sent a scary threat. Whose fault is it? — Chain messages, lures and scam messages · tree and pragmatics
description: Someone online has sent a scary threat. Whose fault is it? Test 5 · ★ 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.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Chain messages, lures and scam messages

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Someone online has sent a scary threat. Whose fault is it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fault · **What happens:** send, be · **To what, where:** Someone, fault

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Someone online has sent a scary threat.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t5:1
# text = Someone online has sent a scary threat.
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	online	online	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present · perfect · passive |  | Someone |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination threat=Theme |

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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:* Whose fault is it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t5:2
# text = Whose fault is it?
1	Whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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 | **is a** | present | fault | fault |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nobody's, so just ignore it forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t5:o1:1
# text = Nobody's, so just ignore it forever
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | infinitive | Nobody | it |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yours, if you replied to them once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t5:o2:1
# text = Yours, if you replied to them once
1	Yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	replied	reply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Yours |  | them *= they* |  |  | once *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to they=Theme |

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

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Never yours; tell a trusted adult and do not send anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t5:o3:1
# text = Never yours; tell a trusted adult and do not send anything
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  |  | a trusted adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 2 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **send** | infinitive · do-support |  | anything |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yours, so you must fix it alone without telling any grown-up at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t5:o4:1
# text = Yours, so you must fix it alone without telling any grown-up at all
1	Yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	obj	_	_
12	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | must | Yours | it |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | Yours *not said here* | any |  | all |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent any=Recipient |
| 3 | **grow up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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