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title: A girl in London calls 999 after an accident. Why should she not han… — First aid and safety · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in London calls 999 after an accident. Why should she not hang up first? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 39 «First aid and safety» 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.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · First aid and safety

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A girl in London calls 999 after an accident. Why should she not hang up first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** call, not hang up · **To what, where:** 999 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 39 «First aid and safety» 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/39-first-aid-and-safety/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in London calls 999 after an accident.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:39-first-aid-and-safety:t5:1
# text = A girl in London calls 999 after an accident.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	999	999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | a girl in London | 999 |  |  | after a accident |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient |

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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:* Why should she not hang up first?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:39-first-aid-and-safety:t5:2
# text = Why should she not hang up first?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hang up** | should | girl |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Hanging up sends the call to the police

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:39-first-aid-and-safety:t5:o1:1
# text = Hanging up sends the call to the police
1	Hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **send** | present | Hanging | the call |  | the police |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent call=Theme to police=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The helper may need more information from you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:39-first-aid-and-safety:t5:o2:1
# text = The helper may need more information from you
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	helper	helper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | may | the helper | more information |  |  |  | from you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot information=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It costs less money to stay on the line than to call again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:39-first-aid-and-safety:t5:o3:1
# text = It costs less money to stay on the line than to call again
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | It | less money |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the line |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on line=Location |
| 3 | **call** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | again |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The ambulance follows the phone line

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:39-first-aid-and-safety:t5:o4:1
# text = The ambulance follows the phone line
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ambulance	ambulance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | the ambulance | the phone line |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Theme |

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