--- title: older kid: «if the feds come, just leg it». Wise? — When the police come · tree and pragmatics description: older kid: «if the feds come, just leg it». Wise? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 384 «When the police come» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/384-when-the-police-come/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [When the police come](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/384-when-the-police-come/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · When the police come older kid: «if the feds come, just leg it». Wise? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** feds, you · **What happens:** come, wise · **To what, where:** leg This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 384 «When the police come» 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/384-when-the-police-come/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* older kid: «if the feds come, just leg it». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t1:1 # text = older kid: «if the feds come, just leg it». 1 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 feds fed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | present | the feds | leg | | | | leg *obl* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:* Wise? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t1:2 # text = Wise? 1 Wise wise VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wise** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Only if you're fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t1:o1:1 # text = Only if you're fast 1 Only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | you | | | | | fast *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No — stay calm and tell the truth ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t1:o2:1 # text = No — stay calm and tell the truth 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 — - PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 3 stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | calm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the truth | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Leg it then hide at home ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t1:o3:1 # text = Leg it then hide at home 1 Leg leg VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leg** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hide** | present | it | | | home | then | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at home=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, they can't catch you if you're quick ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t1:o4:1 # text = Yeah, they can't catch you if you're quick 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **catch** | can | they | you | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | quick *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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