Test 4 · ★ · When the police come

On a 999 call: «Which service?» What do you say?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 384 «When the police come» of the everyday 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.

The question

Sentence 1: On a 999 call: «Which service?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	4 call	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 call	det
3	999	999	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 call	compound
4	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 service	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 service	punct
7	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 service	det
8	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	appos
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 service	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 service	punct

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

Sentence 2: What do you say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	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

Option 1

Is this the police? I'll ring back

Sentence 1: Is this the police?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 police	cop
2	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 police	det
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 police	det
4	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 police	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		this police					tree rules

Sentence 2: I'll ring back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 ring	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 ring	aux
3	ring	ring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 ring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring back	future	I						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Option 2

I dunno, someone's hurt somewhere near the shops, I think

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 dunno	nsubj
2	dunno	dunno	INTJ	_	13 think	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 dunno	punct
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 dunno	appos
5	's	's	PART	_	4 someone	case
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 someone	acl
7	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 hurt	advmod
8	near	near	ADP	_	10 shops	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shops	det
10	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hurt	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 think	punct
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 think	nsubj
13	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	participle				the shops		somewhere property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	think speech: other	present	I						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ambulance, and police — a boy's hurt after a fight on Elm Road

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ambulance	ambulance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 police	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 police	cc
4	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ambulance	conj
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	9 hurt	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boy	det
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hurt	nsubj:pass
8	's	's	PART	_	7 boy	case
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Ambulance	acl
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 fight	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fight	det
12	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hurt	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 Road	case
14	Elm	Elm	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Road	compound
15	Road	Road	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 fight	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	participle · passive	Ambulance and police not said here	a boy			after a fight on Elm Road		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Can you just come quick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 come	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 come	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
4	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	quick	quick	ADV	_	4 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	can	you					quick property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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