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title: Uncle Paul: "Planes? Nah mate, I'll drive, it's safer." Then he driv… — "Crime is up, I saw it on the news" · tree and pragmatics
description: Uncle Paul: "Planes? Nah mate, I'll drive, it's safer." Then he drives five hours on the motorway. Which is true? Test 4 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'
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# Test 4 · "Crime is up, I saw it on the news"

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Uncle Paul: "Planes? Nah mate, I'll drive, it's safer." Then he drives five hours on the motorway. Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, he · **What happens:** drive, be · **To what, where:** motorway

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Uncle Paul: "Planes?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t4:1
# text = Uncle Paul: "Planes?
1	Uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Paul	Paul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Planes	plane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Nah mate, I'll drive, it's safer."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t4:2
# text = Nah mate, I'll drive, it's safer."
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	drive	drive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | future | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Then he drives five hours on the motorway.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t4:3
# text = Then he drives five hours on the motorway.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drives	drive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	motorway	motorway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | present | he |  |  | the motorway | then; hour |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 4:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t4:4
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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He chose the riskier trip, just slower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t4:o1:1
# text = He chose the riskier trip, just slower
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	riskier	risky	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	slower	slow	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | He | the riskier trip |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trip=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He chose the safest possible way to travel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t4:o2:1
# text = He chose the safest possible way to travel
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	travel	travel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | He | the safest possible way |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |
| 2 | **travel** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the safest possible way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Motorways never have any accidents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t4:o3:1
# text = Motorways never have any accidents
1	Motorways	motorway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	accidents	accident	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | present | Motorways | any accidents |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accident=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Driving and flying are equally risky for the same distance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t4:o4:1
# text = Driving and flying are equally risky for the same distance
1	Driving	drive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	risky	risky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | Driving |  |  |  |  | for the same distance; equally, risky *property* | tree rules |

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