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title: A boy in Manchester keeps getting nasty messages from a classmate. W… — Staying safe and kind online · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Manchester keeps getting nasty messages from a classmate. What is the best plan? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 59 «Staying safe and kind 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 right.
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Staying safe and kind online

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A boy in Manchester keeps getting nasty messages from a classmate. What is the best plan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, best plan · **What happens:** keep, get, be · **To what, where:** nasty messages, classmate

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 59 «Staying safe and kind online» 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/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Manchester keeps getting nasty messages from a classmate.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:59-staying-safe-and-kind-online:t4:1
# text = A boy in Manchester keeps getting nasty messages from a classmate.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Manchester	Manchester	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	nasty	nasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | a boy in Manchester |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | gerund | a boy in Manchester *not said here* | nasty messages |  | a classmate |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent message=Theme from classmate=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the best plan?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:59-staying-safe-and-kind-online:t4:2
# text = What is the best plan?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best plan |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Delete everything so nobody ever finds out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:59-staying-safe-and-kind-online:t4:o1:1
# text = Delete everything so nobody ever finds out
1	Delete	delete	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	obj	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delete** | imperative | you *not said here* | everything |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |
| 2 | **find out** | present | nobody |  |  |  | ever |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Do not reply, save them, block and tell a trusted adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:59-staying-safe-and-kind-online:t4:o2:1
# text = Do not reply, save them, block and tell a trusted adult
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	reply	reply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	block	block	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **reply** *speech: assert* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **save** | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 3 | **block** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | a trusted adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 5 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Close his account and say nothing to anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:59-staying-safe-and-kind-online:t4:o3:1
# text = Close his account and say nothing to anyone
1	Close	close	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | imperative | you *not said here* | his account |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you *not said here* | nothing | anyone |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic to anyone=Recipient |
| 3 | **account** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Reply with worse messages so it stops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:59-staying-safe-and-kind-online:t4:o4:1
# text = Reply with worse messages so it stops
1	Reply	reply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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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* |  |  |  |  | with worse messages | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with message=Eventuality |
| 2 | **stop** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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