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title: Oliver's nan calls police bobbies. Leo says police are ancient like… — Rules, courts, police, taxes and armie… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oliver's nan calls police bobbies. Leo says police are ancient like pyramids. Fair? Test 3 of lesson 68 «Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 3 · Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time

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Oliver's nan calls police bobbies. Leo says police are ancient like pyramids. Fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nan, Leo, police · **What happens:** call, say, be · **To what, where:** police bobbies · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 68 «Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time» of the history 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/history/68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Oliver's nan calls police bobbies.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t3:1
# text = Oliver's nan calls police bobbies.
1	Oliver	Oliver	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	police	police	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bobbies	bobby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Oliver's nan | police bobbies |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bobby=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:* Leo says police are ancient like pyramids.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t3:2
# text = Leo says police are ancient like pyramids.
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pyramids	pyramid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Leo |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | police |  |  |  |  | like pyramids; ancient *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t3:3
# text = Fair?
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Not quite; modern police are about 200 years old

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t3:o1:1
# text = Not quite; modern police are about 200 years old
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	200	200	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | modern police |  |  |  | year | old *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, the pharaohs had police cars and police stations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, the pharaohs had police cars and police stations
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pharaohs	pharaoh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	compound	_	_
10	stations	station	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the pharaohs | police cars and police stations |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the police even came before farming did

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, the police even came before farming did
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	farming	farm	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	advcl	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the police |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **farm** | gerund | the police *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn rear-26.2.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** | past | the police *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, police were only invented in about 2010

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time:t3:o4:1
# text = No, police were only invented in about 2010
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	about	about	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	2010	2010	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past · passive |  | police |  | 2010 |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

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