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title: Why do school visitors sign in at the office? — Teachers, visitors and the playground · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do school visitors sign in at the office? Test 16 · ★ of lesson 257 «Teachers, visitors and the playground» 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.
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# Test 16 · ★ · Teachers, visitors and the playground

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Why do school visitors sign in at the office?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** school visitors · **What happens:** sign in · **To what, where:** office

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This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 257 «Teachers, visitors and the playground» 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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t16:1
# text = Why do school visitors sign in at the office?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sign	sign	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign in** | present · do-support | school visitors |  |  | the office |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent at office=Destination |

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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 {#o1}

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So they can get a free school lunch in the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t16:o1:1
# text = So they can get a free school lunch in the hall
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hall	hall	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** | can | they | a free school lunch |  | the hall |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lunch=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To borrow books

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t16:o2:1
# text = To borrow books
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	borrow	borrow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | to-infinitive |  | books |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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So the school knows who is there and keeps children safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t16:o3:1
# text = So the school knows who is there and keeps children safe
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	ccomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | the school |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep** | present | the school *not said here* | children |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is just an old tradition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t16:o4:1
# text = It is just an old tradition
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a old tradition |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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