--- title: «police cars only stop when someone's getting arrested». True? — When the police come · tree and pragmatics description: «police cars only stop when someone's getting arrested». True? Test 12 · ★ 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. --- [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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · When the police come «police cars only stop when someone's getting arrested». True? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** police cars · **What happens:** stop, arrest · **To what, where:** someone This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «police cars only stop when someone's getting arrested». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t12:1 # text = «police cars only stop when someone's getting arrested». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 compound _ _ 3 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 7 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 getting get AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 arrested arrest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** *in a quote* | present | police cars | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **arrest** *in a quote* | present · progressive · passive | | someone | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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:* True? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t12:2 # text = True? 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Only for adults ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t12:o1:1 # text = Only for adults 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Only at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t12:o2:1 # text = Only at night 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, they also stop to check people are safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t12:o3:1 # text = No, they also stop to check people are safe 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 also also ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | they | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | people | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yes, always, that's the only thing they're there for ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t12:o4:1 # text = Yes, always, that's the only thing they're there for 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | that | the only thing | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | they | the only thing *not said here* | | | | there *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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