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title: Determine the appropriate response of a child who receives a threat… — The fake friend online · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the appropriate response of a child who receives a threat from an online acquaintance. Exam question 4 of lesson 447 «The fake friend online» 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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# Exam question 4 · The fake friend online

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Determine the appropriate response of a child who receives a threat from an online acquaintance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, child · **What happens:** determine, receive · **To what, where:** appropriate response, threat, online acquaintance

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 447 «The fake friend online» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/447-the-fake-friend-online/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:e4:1
# text = Determine the appropriate response of a child who receives a threat from an online acquaintance.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	receives	receive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate response of a child |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic |
| 2 | **receive** | present | a child | a threat |  | a online acquaintance |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent threat=Theme from acquaintance=Source |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To cease communication, block, report and inform a trusted adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:e4:o1:1
# text = To cease communication, block, report and inform a trusted adult
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cease	cease	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	block	block	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	report	report	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | to-infinitive |  | communication |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality communication=Eventuality |
| 2 | **block** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 3 | **report** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **inform** *speech: other* | infinitive |  |  | a trusted adult |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 5 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To comply with the sender's demands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:e4:o2:1
# text = To comply with the sender's demands
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	comply	comply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sender	sender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	demands	demand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comply** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with the sender's demands | tree rules |
| 2 | **demand** |  | the sender |  |  |  |  |  | nom demand «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To continue communication in order to appease the sender until the threats cease of themselves

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:e4:o3:1
# text = To continue communication in order to appease the sender until the threats cease of themselves
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	continue	continue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	7	mark	_	_
5	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	fixed	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	appease	appease	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sender	sender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	threats	threat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	cease	cease	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | to-infinitive |  | communication |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent communication=Theme |
| 2 | **appease** | to-infinitive |  | the sender |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sender=Experiencer |
| 3 | **cease** | present | the threats |  |  |  |  | of threats *= threat* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To conceal the matter from all adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:e4:o4:1
# text = To conceal the matter from all adults
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | to-infinitive |  | the matter |  |  |  | from all adults | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent matter=Patient from adult=Beneficiary |

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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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