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title: message says 'police: pay £50 or be arrested' — Staying safe online and checking what… · tree and pragmatics
description: message says 'police: pay £50 or be arrested' Test 16 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 16 · ★★ · Staying safe online and checking what you see

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message says 'police: pay £50 or be arrested'

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** message · **What happens:** say, pay, arrest · **To what, where:** police · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t16:1
# text = message says 'police: pay £50 or be arrested'
1	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	£	£	SYM	$	_	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	arrested	arrest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | message | police |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Asset |
| 3 | **arrest** | infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP» |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Send your address to explain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t16:o1:1
# text = Send your address to explain
1	Send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	explain	explain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | imperative | you *not said here* | your address |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent address=Theme |
| 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **address** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Reply and ask for more time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t16:o2:1
# text = Reply and ask for more time
1	Reply	reply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pay quickly so you are not arrested, then tell nobody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t16:o3:1
# text = Pay quickly so you are not arrested, then tell nobody
1	Pay	pay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	arrested	arrest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **arrest** | present · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | nobody |  | then |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tell a parent; real police never ask for payment like that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t16:o4:1
# text = Tell a parent; real police never ask for payment like that
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	ask	ask	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a parent |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | present | real police |  |  |  |  | for payment like that | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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