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title: A post says typing a code gets you free credit. What would really ha… — Viral facts and chain messages · tree and pragmatics
description: A post says typing a code gets you free credit. What would really happen? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Viral facts and chain messages» of the myths 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 · ★★ · Viral facts and chain messages

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A post says typing a code gets you free credit. What would really happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** post, typing · **What happens:** say, type, get, happen · **To what, where:** code, free credit, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Viral facts and chain messages» of the myths 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/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A post says typing a code gets you free credit.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t4:1
# text = A post says typing a code gets you free credit.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	typing	type	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	code	code	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	credit	credit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a post |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **type** | gerund |  | a code |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent code=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | present | typing | free credit | you |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary credit=Theme |

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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 would really happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t4:2
# text = What would really happen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Your battery would last forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t4:o1:1
# text = Your battery would last forever
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	battery	battery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | would | Your battery |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You'd get £10 free credit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t4:o2:1
# text = You'd get £10 free credit
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	credit	credit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | You | free credit |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent £=Beneficiary credit=Theme |

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

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Nothing good; some codes change phone settings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t4:o3:1
# text = Nothing good; some codes change phone settings
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	codes	code	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	settings	setting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | some codes | phone settings |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent setting=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Your phone would get faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t4:o4:1
# text = Your phone would get faster
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | Your phone |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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