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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises "phishing"? Exam question 1 of lesson 19 «Scams: free V-Bucks, fake giveaways, phishing texts» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w
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# Exam question 1 · Scams: free V-Bucks, fake giveaways, phishing texts

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises "phishing"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** phishing

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 19 «Scams: free V-Bucks, fake giveaways, phishing texts» of the money 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/money/19-scams-free-v-bucks-fake-giveaways-phishing-texts/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:19-scams-free-v-bucks-fake-giveaways-phishing-texts:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises "phishing"?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	phishing	phishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | phishing |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The deposit of money in a savings account

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:19-scams-free-v-bucks-fake-giveaways-phishing-texts:e1:o1:1
# text = The deposit of money in a savings account
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deposit	deposit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	savings	savings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	8	compound	_	_
8	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deposit** |  |  | money |  | a savings account |  |  | nom deposit «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient in=place |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The dispatch of a parcel by a recognised courier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:19-scams-free-v-bucks-fake-giveaways-phishing-texts:e1:o2:1
# text = The dispatch of a parcel by a recognised courier
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dispatch	dispatch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parcel	parcel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	recognised	recognise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	courier	courier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recognise** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **dispatch** |  | a recognised courier | a parcel |  |  |  |  | nom dispatch «communication transitive»: of=patient by=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The fraudulent inducement of a person to disclose private details

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:19-scams-free-v-bucks-fake-giveaways-phishing-texts:e1:o3:1
# text = The fraudulent inducement of a person to disclose private details
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fraudulent	fraudulent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	inducement	inducement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	disclose	disclose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
9	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** | to-infinitive |  | private details |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot detail=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The lawful sale of freshly caught fish by electronic means to the public

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:19-scams-free-v-bucks-fake-giveaways-phishing-texts:e1:o4:1
# text = The lawful sale of freshly caught fish by electronic means to the public
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lawful	lawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	freshly	freshly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	electronic	electronic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nmod	_	_
10	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	public	public	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | freshly *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the lawful sale of caught fish by electronic |  |  |  |  | to the public | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot to public=Attribute |

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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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