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title: During a lockdown drill, a boy hears a knock and wants to open the c… — Getting ready for school and the schoo… · tree and pragmatics
description: During a lockdown drill, a boy hears a knock and wants to open the classroom door. What is right? Test 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
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# Test 4 · ★ · Getting ready for school and the school day

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During a lockdown drill, a boy hears a knock and wants to open the classroom door. What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** hear, want, open, be · **To what, where:** knock, classroom door

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 253 «Getting ready for school and the school day» 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/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* During a lockdown drill, a boy hears a knock and wants to open the classroom door.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:t4:1
# text = During a lockdown drill, a boy hears a knock and wants to open the classroom door.
1	During	during	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	lockdown	lockdown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	drill	drill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	knock	knock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	classroom	classroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | a boy | a knock |  |  | during a lockdown drill |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer knock=Stimulus |
| 2 | **want** | present | a boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **open** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a boy *not said here* | the classroom door |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:t4:2
# text = What is right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Stay away from the door and stay silent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:t4:o1:1
# text = Stay away from the door and stay silent
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the door |  | away *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Open it to see who it is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:t4:o2:1
# text = Open it to see who it is
1	Open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	ccomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is a** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shout "Come in" loudly so they can hear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:t4:o3:1
# text = Shout "Come in" loudly so they can hear
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
6	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come in** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **hear** | can | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Go out to check the corridor yourself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:t4:o4:1
# text = Go out to check the corridor yourself
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	corridor	corridor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the corridor |  |  |  | yourself *obl* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corridor=Theme |

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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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