--- title: Ascertain the appropriate conduct during a lockdown drill. — Getting ready for school and the schoo… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the appropriate conduct during a lockdown drill. Exam question 4 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 was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/e4/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Getting ready for school and the schoo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Getting ready for school and the school day Ascertain the appropriate conduct during a lockdown drill. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain · **To what, where:** appropriate conduct This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the appropriate conduct during a lockdown drill. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 appropriate appropriate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 during during ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 lockdown lockdown NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 drill drill NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate conduct | | | during a lockdown drill | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic | 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 {#o1} One telephones one's parents loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:e4:o1:1 # text = One telephones one's parents loudly 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nsubj _ _ 2 telephones telephone VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **telephone** *speech: other* | present | One | | one's parents | | | loudly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} One remains silent, follows the teacher and keeps from doors and windows ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:e4:o2:1 # text = One remains silent, follows the teacher and keeps from doors and windows 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | present | One | | | | | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | present | One *not said here* | the teacher | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Theme | | 3 | **keep** | present | One *not said here* | | | doors and windows | | | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from door=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} One goes to the playground at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:e4:o3:1 # text = One goes to the playground at once 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nsubj _ _ 2 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 playground playground NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | One | | | the playground | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to playground=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} One looks out of the window to see ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:e4:o4:1 # text = One looks out of the window to see 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look out** | present | One | the window | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | One *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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