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title: Identify the principal reason for which a pupil answers the roll cal… — Breakfast, the register, the timetable… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a pupil answers the roll call clearly. Exam question 2 of lesson 329 «Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthquake drills, pick-up, phones, tidy desks, homework and group work» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 2 · Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthqu…

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Identify the principal reason for which a pupil answers the roll call clearly.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, pupil · **What happens:** identify, answer · **To what, where:** principal reason, roll call

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 329 «Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthquake drills, pick-up, phones, tidy desks, homework and group work» 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/329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a pupil answers the roll call clearly.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	answers	answer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	roll	roll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | a pupil | the roll call |  |  |  | for the principal reason; clearly *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent call=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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It is required for lunch orders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:e2:o1:1
# text = It is required for lunch orders
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | for lunch orders | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The school must know who is in the building in an emergency

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:e2:o2:1
# text = The school must know who is in the building in an emergency
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | must | the school |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  | the building |  | in a emergency | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It improves the class attendance records so that prizes can be awarded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:e2:o3:1
# text = It improves the class attendance records so that prizes can be awarded
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	improves	improve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	prizes	prize	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	awarded	award	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **improve** | present | It | the class attendance records |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent record=Patient |
| 2 | **award** | can · passive |  | prizes |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The teacher marks pupils by their voices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:e2:o4:1
# text = The teacher marks pupils by their voices
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	marks	mark	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | present | the teacher | pupils |  |  |  | by pupils's voices | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme by voice=Destination |

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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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