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title: Teacher: «Jake, what do you say to Mr Patel about his oranges?» Best… — When the police come · tree and pragmatics
description: Teacher: «Jake, what do you say to Mr Patel about his oranges?» Best answer? Test 6 · ★ 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 6 · ★ · When the police come

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Teacher: «Jake, what do you say to Mr Patel about his oranges?» Best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jake · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** Teacher, Mr · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Teacher: «Jake, what do you say to Mr Patel about his oranges?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t6:1
# text = Teacher: «Jake, what do you say to Mr Patel about his oranges?»
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	Patel	Patel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	oranges	orange	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · do-support | Jake | Teacher | Mr |  |  | about Jake's oranges | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to mr=Recipient |

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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:t6:2
# 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 {#o1}

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He shouldn't put stands outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t6:o1:1
# text = He shouldn't put stands outside
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
6	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **put** | should | He |  |  |  |  | outside *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand** | present | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Sorry — I'll help clear up and pay my share

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t6:o2:1
# text = Sorry — I'll help clear up and pay my share
1	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	clear	clear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | future | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **clear up** | infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source |
| 3 | **pay** | infinitive | I *not said here* | my share |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Asset |
| 4 | **share** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Oranges are cheap anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t6:o3:1
# text = Oranges are cheap anyway
1	Oranges	orange	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Oranges |  |  |  |  | anyway, cheap *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It wasn't me, it was the other lad who knocked it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t6:o4:1
# text = It wasn't me, it was the other lad who knocked it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | past | It | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | the other lad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **knock** | past | the other lad | lad |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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