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title: «police on the rec?? we're nicked lol». What was the officer actuall… — Adults who help and adults who don't · tree and pragmatics
description: «police on the rec?? we're nicked lol». What was the officer actually doing? Test 8 of lesson 392 «Adults who help and adults who don't» 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 8 · Adults who help and adults who don't

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«police on the rec?? we're nicked lol». What was the officer actually doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** officer · **What happens:** nick, do · **To what, where:** police

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This is test 8 of lesson 392 «Adults who help and adults who don't» 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/392-adults-who-help-and-adults-who-dont/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «police on the rec?? we're nicked lol».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:392-adults-who-help-and-adults-who-dont:t8:1
# text = «police on the rec?? we're nicked lol».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	police	police	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rec	rec	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	nicked	nick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | police on the rec |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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:* What was the officer actually doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:392-adults-who-help-and-adults-who-dont:t8:2
# text = What was the officer actually doing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	officer	officer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · progressive | the officer |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Checking bikes for lights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:392-adults-who-help-and-adults-who-dont:t8:o1:1
# text = Checking bikes for lights
1	Checking	check	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	bikes	bike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | gerund |  | bikes |  |  |  | for lights | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent bike=Theme for light=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Arresting kids for playing football on the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:392-adults-who-help-and-adults-who-dont:t8:o2:1
# text = Arresting kids for playing football on the grass
1	Arresting	arrest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrest** | gerund |  | kids |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Patient |
| 2 | **play** | gerund |  | football |  | the grass |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Looking for a lost dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:392-adults-who-help-and-adults-who-dont:t8:o3:1
# text = Looking for a lost dog
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for a lost dog | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for dog=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Playing football and getting to know both streets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:392-adults-who-help-and-adults-who-dont:t8:o4:1
# text = Playing football and getting to know both streets
1	Playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  | football |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **know** | to-infinitive |  | both streets |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer street=Stimulus |

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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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