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title: Identify the reason for which many schools are nut-free. — The lunchroom and school trips · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the reason for which many schools are nut-free. Exam question 1 of lesson 258 «The lunchroom and school trips» 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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# Exam question 1 · The lunchroom and school trips

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Identify the reason for which many schools are nut-free.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, many schools · **What happens:** identify, be · **To what, where:** reason

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 258 «The lunchroom and school trips» 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/258-lunchroom-and-school-trips/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:e1:1
# text = Identify the reason for which many schools are nut-free.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | many schools |  |  |  |  | for the reason; free *property* | tree rules |

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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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Nuts are too costly for school meals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:e1:o1:1
# text = Nuts are too costly for school meals
1	Nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	costly	costly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nuts |  |  |  |  | for school meals; costly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Tiny traces of nut may harm a child with severe allergy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:e1:o2:1
# text = Tiny traces of nut may harm a child with severe allergy
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	traces	trace	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	harm	harm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	severe	severe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	allergy	allergy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **harm** | may | Tiny traces of nut | a child |  |  |  | with severe allergy | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nuts make classrooms untidy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:e1:o3:1
# text = Nuts make classrooms untidy
1	Nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	classrooms	classroom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	untidy	untidy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Nuts | classrooms |  |  |  | untidy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material classroom=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nuts are forbidden by all religions and by the law of every country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:e1:o4:1
# text = Nuts are forbidden by all religions and by the law of every country
1	Nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	religions	religion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | present · passive | all religions and the law of every country | Nuts |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=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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