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title: On a 999 call: «Which service?» What do you say? — When the police come · tree and pragmatics
description: On a 999 call: «Which service?» What do you say? Test 4 · ★ 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.
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# Test 4 · ★ · When the police come

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On a 999 call: «Which service?» What do you say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* On a 999 call: «Which service?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t4:1
# text = On a 999 call: «Which service?»
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	999	999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	_
4	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* What do you say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t4:2
# text = What do you say?
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	say	say	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Is this the police? I'll ring back

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*Sentence 1:* Is this the police?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t4:o1:1
# text = Is this the police?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **is a** | present |  | this police |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* I'll ring back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t4:o1:2
# text = I'll ring back
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	ring	ring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring back** | future | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I dunno, someone's hurt somewhere near the shops, I think

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t4:o2:1
# text = I dunno, someone's hurt somewhere near the shops, I think
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dunno	dunno	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
8	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | participle |  |  |  | the shops |  | somewhere *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ambulance, and police — a boy's hurt after a fight on Elm Road

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t4:o3:1
# text = Ambulance, and police — a boy's hurt after a fight on Elm Road
1	Ambulance	ambulance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	Elm	Elm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Road	Road	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | participle · passive | Ambulance and police *not said here* | a boy |  |  | after a fight on Elm Road |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Can you just come quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t4:o4:1
# text = Can you just come quick
1	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	quick	quick	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | can | you |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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