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title: In a dark cinema a fire alarm rings. What knowledge helps most now? — Money in town and staying safe in crowds · tree and pragmatics
description: In a dark cinema a fire alarm rings. What knowledge helps most now? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» 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 7 · ★ · Money in town and staying safe in crowds

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In a dark cinema a fire alarm rings. What knowledge helps most now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** knowledge · **What happens:** help

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» 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/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a dark cinema a fire alarm rings.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t7:1
# text = In a dark cinema a fire alarm rings.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cinema	cinema	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* What knowledge helps most now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t7:2
# text = What knowledge helps most now?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | knowledge |  |  |  | now |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Knowing which film is showing next

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t7:o1:1
# text = Knowing which film is showing next
1	Knowing	know	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	next	next	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | gerund |  | which film |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer film=Stimulus |
| 2 | **show** | present · progressive | Knowing |  |  |  |  | next *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Knowing where the nearest exit is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t7:o2:1
# text = Knowing where the nearest exit is
1	Knowing	know	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	exit	exit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Knowing how much the tickets cost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t7:o3:1
# text = Knowing how much the tickets cost
1	Knowing	know	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tickets	ticket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **cost** | present | the tickets | much |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme much=Value |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Knowing where the toilets are

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t7:o4:1
# text = Knowing where the toilets are
1	Knowing	know	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	toilets	toilet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |

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