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description: Mum isn't expecting a parcel but the text says "£1.45 or it goes back!" Her mate says "just pay, it's tiny." What's the real danger? Test 12 · ★★★ 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 
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · Scams: free V-Bucks, fake giveaways, phishing texts

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Mum isn't expecting a parcel but the text says "£1.45 or it goes back!" Her mate says "just pay, it's tiny." What's the real danger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum, text, mate, real danger · **What happens:** not expect, say, go back, pay, be · **To what, where:** parcel · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 19 «Scams: free V-Bucks, fake giveaways, phishing texts» of the money 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/money/19-scams-free-v-bucks-fake-giveaways-phishing-texts/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum isn't expecting a parcel but the text says "£1.45 or it goes back!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:19-scams-free-v-bucks-fake-giveaways-phishing-texts:t12:1
# text = Mum isn't expecting a parcel but the text says "£1.45 or it goes back!"
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	expecting	expect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	parcel	parcel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	£	£	SYM	$	_	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	1.45	1.45	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
17	back	back	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **expect** | present · progressive | Mum | a parcel |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parcel=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: express* | present | the text |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent £=Topic |
| 3 | **go back** *in a quote* | present | text |  |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |

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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:* Her mate says "just pay, it's tiny."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:19-scams-free-v-bucks-fake-giveaways-phishing-texts:t12:2
# text = Her mate says "just pay, it's tiny."
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	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 | Mum's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | mate |  |  |  |  | tiny *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the real danger?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:19-scams-free-v-bucks-fake-giveaways-phishing-texts:t12:3
# text = What's the real danger?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	danger	danger	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 real danger |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The post office will be cross

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:19-scams-free-v-bucks-fake-giveaways-phishing-texts:t12:o1:1
# text = The post office will be cross
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | future | the post office |  |  |  |  | cross *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Losing exactly £1.45 and nothing else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:19-scams-free-v-bucks-fake-giveaways-phishing-texts:t12:o2:1
# text = Losing exactly £1.45 and nothing else
1	Losing	lose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	£	£	SYM	$	_	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	1.45	1.45	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	1	conj	_	_
7	else	else	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Giving the scammers her card details so they take far more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:19-scams-free-v-bucks-fake-giveaways-phishing-texts:t12:o3:1
# text = Giving the scammers her card details so they take far more
1	Giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	scammers	scammer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund |  | the scammers |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scammer=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | present | details *= detail* | more |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme |
| 3 | **detail** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom detail «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The parcel will be sent to the wrong house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:19-scams-free-v-bucks-fake-giveaways-phishing-texts:t12:o4:1
# text = The parcel will be sent to the wrong house
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parcel	parcel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | future · passive |  | the parcel |  | the wrong house |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to house=Destination |

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