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title: In Sheffield: "Don't be nesh, it's only a storm — but look, a shark… — Checking practice: true, false and not… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Sheffield: "Don't be nesh, it's only a storm — but look, a shark on the motorway!" What would a careful person do first? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 36 «Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet

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In Sheffield: "Don't be nesh, it's only a storm — but look, a shark on the motorway!" What would a careful person do first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it, careful person · **What happens:** not be, be, look, do · **To what, where:** Sheffield, storm, shark

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 36 «Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet» of the politics 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/politics/36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Sheffield: "Don't be nesh, it's only a storm — but look, a shark on the motorway!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t1:1
# text = In Sheffield: "Don't be nesh, it's only a storm — but look, a shark on the motorway!"
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Sheffield	Sheffield	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	nesh	nesh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
15	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	14	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	on	on	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	motorway	motorway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support |  |  |  | Sheffield |  | nesh *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | a storm |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a shark on the motorway |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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 would a careful person do first?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t1:2
# text = What would a careful person do first?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | would | a careful person |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

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

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Check it, since that shark photo is a known old fake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t1:o1:1
# text = Check it, since that shark photo is a known old fake
1	Check	check	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
4	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
6	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	fake	fake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is a** | present | that shark photo | a known old fake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Go out to see the shark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t1:o2:1
# text = Go out to see the shark
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the shark |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shark=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Call the zoo to report a missing shark, in case one has escaped in the flood water

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t1:o3:1
# text = Call the zoo to report a missing shark, in case one has escaped in the flood water
1	Call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	report	report	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
13	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	escaped	escape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* | the zoo |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent zoo=Recipient |
| 2 | **report** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a missing shark |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shark=Patient |
| 3 | **escape** | present · perfect | you *not said here* |  |  | the flood water |  | in case one | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Share it to warn the whole city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:t1:o4:1
# text = Share it to warn the whole city
1	Share	share	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	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	warn	warn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the whole city |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent city=Recipient |

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