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title: Dad on the phone: "Mate, first reports said six hurt, now they're sa… — Elections, crime, the weather, breakin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad on the phone: "Mate, first reports said six hurt, now they're saying two." Why did the number change? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 52 «Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs opinion» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs o…

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Dad on the phone: "Mate, first reports said six hurt, now they're saying two." Why did the number change?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** first reports, six, reports · **What happens:** say, hurt, do · **To what, where:** Mate, two · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad on the phone: "Mate, first reports said six hurt, now they're saying two."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t3:1
# text = Dad on the phone: "Mate, first reports said six hurt, now they're saying two."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	reports	report	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl	_	_
12	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nsubj	_	_
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
19	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | first reports | Mate *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hurt** *in a quote* | past | six |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · progressive | reports *= report* | two |  |  | now |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent two=Topic |

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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:* Why did the number change?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t3:2
# text = Why did the number change?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	change	change	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 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The news made a big mistake on purpose to scare people at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t3:o1:1
# text = The news made a big mistake on purpose to scare people at home
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	scare	scare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the news | a big mistake |  | purpose |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product |
| 2 | **scare** | to-infinitive | the news *not said here* | people |  | home |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Early numbers are guesses and get corrected as more is known

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t3:o2:1
# text = Early numbers are guesses and get corrected as more is known
1	Early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	guesses	guess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	corrected	correct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	obl	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Early numbers | guesses |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | infinitive · passive | Early numbers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as more | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient» |
| 3 | **know** | present · passive |  | guesses *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Four people got better in an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t3:o3:1
# text = Four people got better in an hour
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Four people |  |  |  | hour | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Each channel invents its own number

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t3:o4:1
# text = Each channel invents its own number
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	channel	channel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	invents	invent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | present | each channel | channel's own number |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Result |

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