--- title: Dad, reading the paper: "'TERROR FEARS GRIP CITY' — oh, for goodness… — Elections, crime, the weather, breakin… · tree and pragmatics description: Dad, reading the paper: "'TERROR FEARS GRIP CITY' — oh, for goodness' sake, it's a police drill." What has Dad found? 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What has Dad found? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** TERROR FEARS, CITY, Dad · **What happens:** read, grip, be, find · **To what, where:** paper, CITY, police drill · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 52 «Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs opinion» 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/52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad, reading the paper: "'TERROR FEARS GRIP CITY' — oh, for goodness' sake, it's a police drill." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t10:1 # text = Dad, reading the paper: "'TERROR FEARS GRIP CITY' — oh, for goodness' sake, it's a police drill." 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 TERROR terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 FEARS fear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 GRIP grip VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 CITY city NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 14 — - PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 15 oh oh INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 goodness goodness NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 20 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 police police NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 drill drill NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | gerund | | the paper | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **grip** *in a quote* | present | TERROR FEARS | CITY | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | CITY | a police drill | | | | | 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:* What has Dad found? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t10:2 # text = What has Dad found? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | present · perfect | Dad | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The city is really in the grip of terror tonight ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t10:o1:1 # text = The city is really in the grip of terror tonight 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 grip grip NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the city | | | the grip | tonight | of terror | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The police have made a terrible mistake ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t10:o2:1 # text = The police have made a terrible mistake 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · perfect · passive | | the police | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary mistake=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} The paper printed the wrong city's name ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t10:o3:1 # text = The paper printed the wrong city's name 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 printed print VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **print** | past | the paper | the wrong city's name | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | | 2 | **name** | | the wrong city | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The headline sounds far worse than the story ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t10:o4:1 # text = The headline sounds far worse than the story 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 headline headline NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | present | the headline | | | | | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | **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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