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title: An online stranger offers to be your friend and says he is 10, like… — Staying safe online and checking what… · tree and pragmatics
description: An online stranger offers to be your friend and says he is 10, like you. Why be careful? Test 7 · ★★ 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 choic
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Staying safe online and checking what you see

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An online stranger offers to be your friend and says he is 10, like you. Why be careful?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** online stranger, stranger, you · **What happens:** offer, be, say · **To what, where:** friend, 10 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An online stranger offers to be your friend and says he is 10, like you.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t7:1
# text = An online stranger offers to be your friend and says he is 10, like you.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	offers	offer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | present | a online stranger |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | a online stranger *not said here* | your friend |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a online stranger *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | present | stranger | 10 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 be careful?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t7:2
# text = Why be careful?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	cop	_	_
3	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | careful *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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All 10-year-olds online are safe to talk to

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t7:o1:1
# text = All 10-year-olds online are safe to talk to
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
2	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	olds	old	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	online	online	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | all year olds |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** | to-infinitive | all year olds *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Online, anyone can pretend to be anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t7:o2:1
# text = Online, anyone can pretend to be anyone
1	Online	online	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | can | anyone |  |  |  |  | online *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | anyone *not said here* | anyone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Strangers online never lie about their age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t7:o3:1
# text = Strangers online never lie about their age
1	Strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	online	online	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	lie	lie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **lie** | present | Strangers |  |  |  | about Strangers's age |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about age=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is only a problem if he is rude to you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t7:o4:1
# text = It is only a problem if he is rude to you
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a problem |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he | a problem *not said here* | you |  |  | rude *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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