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title: Which of the following constitutes appropriate conduct during an ear… — Getting ready for school and the schoo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following constitutes appropriate conduct during an earthquake drill? Exam question 2 of lesson 253 «Getting ready for school and the school day» 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 wa
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# Exam question 2 · Getting ready for school and the school day

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Which of the following constitutes appropriate conduct during an earthquake drill?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow · **To what, where:** constitutes

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 253 «Getting ready for school and the school day» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:e2:1
# text = Which of the following constitutes appropriate conduct during an earthquake drill?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	constitutes	constitute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	during	during	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	drill	drill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  | constitutes |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent constitute=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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Drop, take cover under a desk and hold on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:e2:o1:1
# text = Drop, take cover under a desk and hold on
1	Drop	drop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	desk	desk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | you *not said here* | cover |  | a desk |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cover=Theme |
| 3 | **hold on** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hide in a corridor beside the tall shelves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:e2:o2:1
# text = Hide in a corridor beside the tall shelves
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	corridor	corridor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	shelves	shelf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | a corridor |  | beside the tall shelves | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corridor=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Run out of the building at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:e2:o3:1
# text = Run out of the building at once
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the building |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out building=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stand beside a window in order to observe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:e2:o4:1
# text = Stand beside a window in order to observe
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	8	mark	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	fixed	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	observe	observe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | a window |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside window=Location |
| 2 | **observe** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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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