--- title: State the purpose of checking the timetable on the night before scho… — Breakfast, the school day and honest h… · tree and pragmatics description: State the purpose of checking the timetable on the night before school. Exam question 4 of lesson 306 «Breakfast, the school day and honest homework» 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/306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework/e4/) [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/) / [Breakfast, the school day and honest h…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Breakfast, the school day and honest homework State the purpose of checking the timetable on the night before school. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** State purpose · **What happens:** check · **To what, where:** timetable This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:e4:1 # text = State the purpose of checking the timetable on the night before school. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 checking check VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 timetable timetable NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | gerund | the State purpose *not said here* | the timetable | | | before school; night | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent timetable=Theme | 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 choose one's teacher for the day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:e4:o1:1 # text = To choose one's teacher for the day 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 choose choose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | to-infinitive | | one's teacher | | | day | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} To decide which of the next day's lessons to miss ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:e4:o2:1 # text = To decide which of the next day's lessons to miss 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 decide decide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 ccomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 miss miss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **miss** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} To count the hours until the holidays ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:e4:o3:1 # text = To count the hours until the holidays 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 count count VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 until until ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 holidays holiday NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | to-infinitive | | | | | until the holidays; hour | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} To bring the right things and know where to be ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:e4:o4:1 # text = To bring the right things and know where to be 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | to-infinitive | | the right things | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 2 | **know** | present | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **be** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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