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# Exam question 1 · Breakfast, the school day and honest homework

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required during an earthquake within a classroom?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, require · **To what, where:** conduct

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 306 «Breakfast, the school day and honest homework» 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/306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required during an earthquake within a classroom?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	during	during	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	within	within	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	classroom	classroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the conduct |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **require** | participle |  | the conduct *not said here* |  |  | during a earthquake | within a classroom | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Persons shall drop, take cover beneath a sturdy desk and hold on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:e1:o1:1
# text = Persons shall drop, take cover beneath a sturdy desk and hold on
1	Persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	drop	drop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sturdy	sturdy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	desk	desk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | shall | Persons |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | Persons *not said here* | cover |  |  |  | beneath a sturdy desk | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cover=Theme |
| 3 | **hold on** | infinitive | Persons *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Persons shall stand in the window frames

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:e1:o2:1
# text = Persons shall stand in the window frames
1	Persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	frames	frame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | shall | Persons |  |  | the window frames |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in frame=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Persons shall remain seated without cover

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:e1:o3:1
# text = Persons shall remain seated without cover
1	Persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	seated	seat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | shall | Persons |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **seat** | participle | Persons *not said here* |  |  |  |  | without cover | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Persons shall run out of doors at once, by the nearest staircase

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:e1:o4:1
# text = Persons shall run out of doors at once, by the nearest staircase
1	Persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	staircase	staircase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | shall | Persons |  |  | doors |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out door=Trajectory |

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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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