--- title: "Crime is up, I saw it on the news" — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 177 «"Crime is up, I saw it on the news"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / "Crime is up, I saw it on the news" # "Crime is up, I saw it on the news" The 15 questions of lesson 177 «"Crime is up, I saw it on the news"» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 96 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/t1/) — Nan in Yorkshire: "I'm not going out after dark, love, crime's proper everywhere, I see it every night on the telly." What is the fair reply? — right ✓ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/t2/) — Young cousin: "Yo, sharks lowkey everywhere in Cornwall, I saw a vid, I'm not swimming fr." What is the truth? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/t3/) — What would happen if the news showed a story about every safe car trip and every safe flight? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/t4/) — Uncle Paul: "Planes? Nah mate, I'll drive, it's safer." Then he drives five hours on the motorway. Which is true? — right ✓ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/t5/) — Aunt: "Burglaries up 50%! We're doomed!" Last year 2, this year 3. What do you say? — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/t6/) — Grandpa from Pittsburgh: "Back in my day yinz kids played out all day, way safer." What is the fair answer? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/t7/) — Ruby: "Dad, it's one bloke in a car park." Dad: "See, everybody hates the rule." Who is reasoning better? — right ✓ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/t8/) — In a cartoon Grandad sees two news stories, and his thought bubble shows every teenager in the world throwing eggs. Put the cartoon right. — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/t9/) — Mum: "Flu's highkey everywhere, no party, end of." Only one kid in the class is ill. What is fair? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/t10/) — "Seven hours on screens a day?! Tom, you're glued to that thing." The number includes the whiteboard at school. What should Mum do? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/t11/) — Dad: "One dog bit someone, it's in the paper. No dog for us, ever." The dog next door is a 14-year-old sausage dog. What is the better plan? — right ✓ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/e1/) — Identify the principal reason for which persons who watch a great deal of news frequently overestimate the prevalence of crime. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/e2/) — It is given that burglaries in a village increased from two in one year to three in the next. Determine the number of additional burglaries thereby represented. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the comparative safety, over the same distance travelled, of air travel on major airlines and travel by car. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the inference that a new rule is universally disliked because one angry man was shown on television? — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [176. Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats/) - next →: [178. The politician's either-or and the straw man](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/)