--- title: Overheard: "Sod the police, if I find who nicked my bike I'll sort t… — Police, courts and prison · tree and pragmatics description: Overheard: "Sod the police, if I find who nicked my bike I'll sort them myself." Why do we have courts instead? 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Why do we have courts instead? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, we · **What happens:** overhear, sod, find, nick, sort, have · **To what, where:** police, bike, courts · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 30 «Police, courts and prison» of the adult life 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/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Overheard: "Sod the police, if I find who nicked my bike I'll sort them myself." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t11:1 # text = Overheard: "Sod the police, if I find who nicked my bike I'll sort them myself." 1 Overheard overhear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Sod sod VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 nicked nick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 bike bike NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 sort sort VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overhear** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sod** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the police | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent police=Destination | | 3 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **nick** *in a quote* | past | | my bike | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Patient | | 5 | **sort** *in a quote* | future | I | police | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why do we have courts instead? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t11:2 # text = Why do we have courts instead? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 courts court NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present · do-support | we | courts | | | | instead *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} So the bike is returned faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t11:o1:1 # text = So the bike is returned faster 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bike bike NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | present · passive | | the bike | | | | fast *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} So people can take revenge themselves ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t11:o2:1 # text = So people can take revenge themselves 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | can | people | revenge | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument revenge=Theme themselves=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} So nobody ever gets punished ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t11:o3:1 # text = So nobody ever gets punished 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 2 advmod _ _ 4 gets get AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **punish** | present · passive | | nobody | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} So punishment is fair, not revenge ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t11:o4:1 # text = So punishment is fair, not revenge 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | punishment | | | | | revenge *obl*; fair *property* | tree rules | **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. 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