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title: Community officer: «What should you do if you see a fight?» Best ans… — When the police come · tree and pragmatics
description: Community officer: «What should you do if you see a fight?» Best answer? Test 11 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★ · When the police come

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Community officer: «What should you do if you see a fight?» Best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** do, see · **To what, where:** Community officer, fight

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Community officer: «What should you do if you see a fight?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t11:1
# text = Community officer: «What should you do if you see a fight?»
1	Community	community	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	officer	officer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	appos	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | should | you | Community officer |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | a fight |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fight=Stimulus |

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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:* Best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t11:2
# text = Best answer?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Throw something at them to stop it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t11:o1:1
# text = Throw something at them to stop it
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | something |  |  |  | at them *= they* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent something=Theme at they=Destination |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Jump straight in between them and split them up yourself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t11:o2:1
# text = Jump straight in between them and split them up yourself
1	Jump	jump	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	split	split	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
10	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in them *= they*; straight *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in they=Trajectory |
| 2 | **split up** | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | yourself *obl* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Keep away, get an adult or call 999 if someone's hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t11:o3:1
# text = Keep away, get an adult or call 999 if someone's hurt
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	999	999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a adult |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus |
| 3 | **call** | infinitive | you *not said here* | 999 |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient |
| 4 | **hurt** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cheer for the smaller one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t11:o4:1
# text = Cheer for the smaller one
1	Cheer	cheer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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