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title: someone said a kid prank called 911 and "the police came with 10 car… — Covering up, false alarms and playing… · tree and pragmatics
description: someone said a kid prank called 911 and "the police came with 10 cars and arrested his whole family". what's prob exaggerated Test 18 · ★ of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 18 · ★ · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair

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someone said a kid prank called 911 and "the police came with 10 cars and arrested his whole family". what's prob exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** someone, kid prank, police · **What happens:** say, call, come, arrest, be, exaggerate · **To what, where:** 911, whole family, prob · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» of the everyday 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/everyday/277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t18:1
# text = someone said a kid prank called 911 and "the police came with 10 cars and arrested his whole family". what's prob exaggerated
1	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	911	911	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	arrested	arrest	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	25	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
25	prob	prob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
26	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | a kid prank | 911 |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 911=Recipient |
| 3 | **come** *in a quote* | past | the police |  |  |  |  | with 10 cars | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **arrest** *in a quote* | past | a kid prank *not said here* | prank's whole family |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Patient |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | prob |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **exaggerate** | participle |  | prob *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That prank calls are wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t18:o1:1
# text = That prank calls are wrong
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	calls	call	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | prank calls |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The 10 cars and the arrests; prank calls are still illegal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t18:o2:1
# text = The 10 cars and the arrests; prank calls are still illegal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	arrests	arrest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	calls	call	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	illegal	illegal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the 10 cars and the arrests and prank calls |  |  |  | still | illegal *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That prank calls tie up help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t18:o3:1
# text = That prank calls tie up help
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	calls	call	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tie	tie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie up** | present | prank calls | help |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That 911 is an emergency number

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t18:o4:1
# text = That 911 is an emergency number
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	911	911	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that 911 | a emergency number |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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