--- title: Why do people stand still and silent at 11 o'clock on 11 November? — Holidays of the region · tree and pragmatics description: Why do people stand still and silent at 11 o'clock on 11 November? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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/265-holidays-of-the-region/t9/) [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/) / [Holidays of the region](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Holidays of the region Why do people stand still and silent at 11 o'clock on 11 November? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** stand · **To what, where:** 11 o'clock This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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/265-holidays-of-the-region/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t9:1 # text = Why do people stand still and silent at 11 o'clock on 11 November? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 11 11 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 11 11 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 13 November November PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present · do-support | people | | | 11 o'clock | still | on 11 November | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at o'clock=Location | 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} To show respect to the King's birthday ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t9:o1:1 # text = To show respect to the King's birthday 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 show show VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | to-infinitive | | respect | the King's birthday | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=Topic to birthday=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} To wait quietly for the fireworks to start ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t9:o2:1 # text = To wait quietly for the fireworks to start 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 3 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fireworks firework NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | to-infinitive | | | | | | for the fireworks; quietly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **start** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because the shops close at that time ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t9:o3:1 # text = Because the shops close at that time 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 close close VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | present | the shops | | | | time | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} To remember those who died in wars ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t9:o4:1 # text = To remember those who died in wars 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 remember remember VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 wars war NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | to-infinitive | | those | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 2 | **die** | past | | | | | | in wars | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in war=Attribute | **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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