--- title: Stop, think, check, ask — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Stop, think, check, ask», a lesson of the ai course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Sam's class learns four words to use online, especially when something makes you want to click, share or panic: Stop, think, check, ask. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [AI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/) / Stop, think, check, ask # Stop, think, check, ask Lesson 14 of the ai course of Mova's primary school: 19 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/0/) — Sam's class learns four words to use online, especially when something makes you want to click, share or panic: Stop, think, check, ask. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/1/) — Stop before you click or share. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/2/) — Think: could this be fake, a trick or a joke that hurts someone? - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/3/) — Check: is the same thing on a trusted site, or can you call the real person? - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/4/) — Ask: tell a grown-up. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/5/) — The steps work on everything: a silly AI photo of your teacher, a "news" story with made-up quotes, a message telling Grandad his grandson is in hospital, or a video daring you to try a "challenge". - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/6/) — Sometimes you can't even tell whether you are talking to a person or a bot. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/7/) — That's fine: treat everyone online you don't know in real life as a stranger. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/8/) — The four safety steps are: stop, think, check, ask. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/9/) — Fake photos of real people can hurt them even when made as a "joke". - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/10/) — Voice assistants can be linked to shopping accounts, so grown-ups should set a PIN for purchases. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/11/) — Some toys have AI chatbots inside; a talking toy is still a toy, not a friend who lives in it. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/12/) — Bots can be used to send mean messages again and again; the answer is block, report, screenshot and tell a grown-up. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/13/) — Online "challenges" can be deadly; never try one, whoever says it is safe. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/14/) — Apps may ask for more permissions, like microphone and location, than they need; a grown-up can help say no. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/15/) — Some websites use AI to make fake news quickly to get clicks, sometimes with made-up quotes. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/16/) — It is often hard to tell a person from a bot online; treat everyone you don't know as a stranger. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/17/) — Scammers find names on public profiles and use AI to make messages convincing. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/18/) — To check a frightening message about family, call the family member on a number you already know. - ← previous: [Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/) - next →: [Bots are not doctors, helplines are people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/) - ↑ back to [AI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/)