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title: A message says a famous footballer is giving away free trainers if y… — Chain messages, lures and scam messages · tree and pragmatics
description: A message says a famous footballer is giving away free trainers if you click and pay delivery. How can you check? Test 7 · ★ 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 op
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# Test 7 · ★ · Chain messages, lures and scam messages

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A message says a famous footballer is giving away free trainers if you click and pay delivery. How can you check?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** message, famous footballer, you · **What happens:** say, give away, click, pay, check · **To what, where:** free trainers, delivery · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A message says a famous footballer is giving away free trainers if you click and pay delivery.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t7:1
# text = A message says a famous footballer is giving away free trainers if you click and pay delivery.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	footballer	footballer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	click	click	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	pay	pay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
17	delivery	delivery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a message |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **give away** | present · progressive | a famous footballer | free trainers |  |  |  | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent trainer=Theme |
| 3 | **click** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 4 | **pay** | present | you *not said here* | delivery |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent delivery=Asset |

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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:* How can you check?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t7:2
# text = How can you check?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	check	check	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 | **check** | can | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Click to see if the trainers are real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t7:o1:1
# text = Click to see if the trainers are real
1	Click	click	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **click** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the trainers |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pay delivery, since it is cheap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t7:o2:1
# text = Pay delivery, since it is cheap
1	Pay	pay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	delivery	delivery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | imperative | you *not said here* | delivery |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent delivery=Asset |
| 2 | **is** | present | delivery |  |  |  |  | cheap *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Message the account and give your address so they can post them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t7:o3:1
# text = Message the account and give your address so they can post them
1	Message	message	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	post	post	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **message** | imperative | you *not said here* | the account |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your address |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent address=Theme |
| 3 | **post** | can | they | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 4 | **address** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Look at his real, official account and send nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t7:o4:1
# text = Look at his real, official account and send nothing
1	Look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	send	send	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at his real official account | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at account=Theme |
| 2 | **send** | present | you *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |
| 3 | **account** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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