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title: in the cinema, why's dad looking for the exits — Eyes up: noticing your surroundings · tree and pragmatics
description: in the cinema, why's dad looking for the exits Test 11 of lesson 11 «Eyes up: noticing your surroundings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · Eyes up: noticing your surroundings

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in the cinema, why's dad looking for the exits

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** look

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This is test 11 of lesson 11 «Eyes up: noticing your surroundings» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/11-eyes-up/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t11:1
# text = in the cinema, why's dad looking for the exits
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cinema	cinema	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
8	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	exits	exit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund | dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the exits | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for exit=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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So we can get out fast in an emergency

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t11:o1:1
# text = So we can get out fast in an emergency
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get out** | can | we |  |  | a emergency |  | fast, out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To check the film times on the board outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t11:o2:1
# text = To check the film times on the board outside
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the board | time | outside *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on board=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because he is bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t11:o3:1
# text = Because he is bored
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To find the toilets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t11:o4:1
# text = To find the toilets
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	toilets	toilet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | the toilets |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toilet=Topic |

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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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