--- title: Aunt: "Burglaries up 50%! We're doomed!" Last year 2, this year 3. W… — "Crime is up, I saw it on the news" · tree and pragmatics description: Aunt: "Burglaries up 50%! We're doomed!" Last year 2, this year 3. What do you say? Test 5 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 choice was wrong. --- [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/t5/) [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"](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/) / t5 # Test 5 · "Crime is up, I saw it on the news" Aunt: "Burglaries up 50%! We're doomed!" Last year 2, this year 3. What do you say? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** doom, say · **To what, where:** We · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Aunt: "Burglaries up 50%! ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t5:1 # text = Aunt: "Burglaries up 50%! 1 Aunt aunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Burglaries burglary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 5 up up ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* We're doomed!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t5:2 # text = We're doomed!" 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 doomed doom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **doom** | present · passive | | We | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* Last year 2, this year 3. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t5:3 # text = Last year 2, this year 3. 1 Last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 7 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 4:* What do you say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t5:4 # text = What do you say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It's one more burglary; ask for the real numbers ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t5:o1:1 # text = It's one more burglary; ask for the real numbers 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 burglary burglary NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | one more burglary | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | | | | | | for the real numbers | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It means the number of burglaries more than doubled ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t5:o2:1 # text = It means the number of burglaries more than doubled 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 burglaries burglary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 obj _ _ 8 than than SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 doubled double VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | the number of burglaries | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **double** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It means 50 more houses in the village were burgled ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t5:o3:1 # text = It means 50 more houses in the village were burgled 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 burgled burgle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **burgle** | past · passive | | 50 more houses in the village | | | | | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} It means half the houses in the village were burgled ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t5:o4:1 # text = It means half the houses in the village were burgled 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 5 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 burgled burgle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **burgle** | past · passive | | half houses in the village | | | | | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | **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. 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