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title: A torch app asks for your contacts and location. Why is that suspici… — Staying safe online and checking what… · tree and pragmatics
description: A torch app asks for your contacts and location. Why is that suspicious? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 283 «Staying safe online and checking what you see» 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 wrong.
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Staying safe online and checking what you see

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A torch app asks for your contacts and location. Why is that suspicious?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** torch app, your · **What happens:** ask, contact, be

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 283 «Staying safe online and checking what you see» 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/283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A torch app asks for your contacts and location.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t1:1
# text = A torch app asks for your contacts and location.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	app	app	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	contacts	contact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a torch app |  |  |  |  | for your contacts and location | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **contact** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom contact «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Why is that suspicious?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t1:2
# text = Why is that suspicious?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	suspicious	suspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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** | present |  |  |  |  |  | suspicious *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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All torches need maps and phone numbers to shine properly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t1:o1:1
# text = All torches need maps and phone numbers to shine properly
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	torches	torch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	maps	map	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	shine	shine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | all torches | maps and phone numbers |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot map=Theme |
| 2 | **shine** | to-infinitive | all torches *not said here* |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A torch does not need contacts or location to work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t1:o2:1
# text = A torch does not need contacts or location to work
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	contacts	contact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | a torch | contacts or location |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot contact=Theme |
| 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | a torch *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It makes the light brighter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t1:o3:1
# text = It makes the light brighter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	brighter	bright	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the light |  |  |  | bright *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material light=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is normal for every app

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t1:o4:1
# text = It is normal for every app
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	app	app	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for every app; normal *property* | tree rules |

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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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