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title: Young cousin: "Yo, sharks lowkey everywhere in Cornwall, I saw a vid… — "Crime is up, I saw it on the news" · tree and pragmatics
description: Young cousin: "Yo, sharks lowkey everywhere in Cornwall, I saw a vid, I'm not swimming fr." What is the truth? Test 2 of lesson 177 «"Crime is up, I saw it on the news"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 2 · "Crime is up, I saw it on the news"

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Young cousin: "Yo, sharks lowkey everywhere in Cornwall, I saw a vid, I'm not swimming fr." What is the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Young cousin, I, truth · **What happens:** see, not swim, be · **To what, where:** vid, fr

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This is test 2 of lesson 177 «"Crime is up, I saw it on the news"» of the world 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/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Young cousin: "Yo, sharks lowkey everywhere in Cornwall, I saw a vid, I'm not swimming fr."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t2:1
# text = Young cousin: "Yo, sharks lowkey everywhere in Cornwall, I saw a vid, I'm not swimming fr."
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
8	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Cornwall	Cornwall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	vid	vid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	parataxis	_	_
22	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Young cousin and sharks | a vid |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vid=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **swim** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | fr |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fr=Trajectory |

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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 is the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t2:2
# text = What is the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sharks only come close when children swim

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t2:o1:1
# text = Sharks only come close when children swim
1	Sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Sharks |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **swim** | present | children |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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One video proves that sharks are everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t2:o2:1
# text = One video proves that sharks are everywhere
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | One video |  |  |  |  | that sharks | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | One video *not said here* |  |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cornwall has more shark bites every year than Australia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t2:o3:1
# text = Cornwall has more shark bites every year than Australia
1	Cornwall	Cornwall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bites	bite	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Cornwall |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bite** | present | more shark |  |  |  | year |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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

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Shark bites around Britain are almost unheard of

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t2:o4:1
# text = Shark bites around Britain are almost unheard of
1	Shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	bites	bite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	around	around	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	unheard	unheard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Shark bites around Britain |  |  |  |  | almost, unheard *property* | tree rules |

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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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