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title: A lad's on the floor after a fight by the chippy and isn't moving. E… — When the police come · tree and pragmatics
description: A lad's on the floor after a fight by the chippy and isn't moving. Everyone's filming. What do you do? Test 3 · ★ 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 3 · ★ · When the police come

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A lad's on the floor after a fight by the chippy and isn't moving. Everyone's filming. What do you do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Everyone, you · **What happens:** not move, film, do

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A lad's on the floor after a fight by the chippy and isn't moving.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t3:1
# text = A lad's on the floor after a fight by the chippy and isn't moving.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	chippy	chippy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **move** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Everyone's filming.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t3:2
# text = Everyone's filming.
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	filming	filming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **film** |  | Everyone |  |  |  |  |  | nom filming «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What do you do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t3:3
# text = What do you do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Go home and say nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t3:o1:1
# text = Go home and say nothing
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shake him hard to wake him up as quickly as you can

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t3:o2:1
# text = Shake him hard to wake him up as quickly as you can
1	Shake	shake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wake	wake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	as	as	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **wake up** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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

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Ring 999 and stay back at a safe distance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t3:o3:1
# text = Ring 999 and stay back at a safe distance
1	Ring	ring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	999	999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | imperative | you *not said here* | 999 |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location 999=Theme |
| 2 | **stay back** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at a safe distance | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at distance=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Film it too, so the police can see it later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t3:o4:1
# text = Film it too, so the police can see it later
1	Film	film	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **film** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | can | the police | it |  |  |  | late *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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