--- title: Why is a tidy desk useful at the end of the day? — Classroom rules and homework · tree and pragmatics description: Why is a tidy desk useful at the end of the day? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 254 «Classroom rules and homework» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/t2/) [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/) / [Classroom rules and homework](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Classroom rules and homework Why is a tidy desk useful at the end of the day? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** end This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 254 «Classroom rules and homework» 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/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t2:1 # text = Why is a tidy desk useful at the end of the day? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 tidy tidy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 desk desk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | at the end of the day | a tidy desk *obl:unmarked*; useful *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} It lets you go home earlier than the other classes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t2:o1:1 # text = It lets you go home earlier than the other classes 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lets let VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 earlier early ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 classes class NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | present | It | you | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | early *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Tidy desks never need cleaning or dusting again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t2:o2:1 # text = Tidy desks never need cleaning or dusting again 1 Tidy tidy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 desks desk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 cleaning cleaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 dusting dust VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **need** | present | Tidy desks | cleaning | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cleaning=Theme | | 2 | **dust** | gerund | Tidy desks *not said here* | | | | again | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It makes the teacher give you a sticker every day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t2:o3:1 # text = It makes the teacher give you a sticker every day 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sticker sticker NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | the teacher | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | infinitive | the teacher *not said here* | a sticker | you | | day | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient sticker=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} You find things fast and the room stays safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t2:o4:1 # text = You find things fast and the room stays safe 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | present | You | things | | | | fast *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | | 2 | **stay** | present | the room | | | | | safe *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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