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title: A girl skips breakfast every day. By mid-morning she cannot think in… — Breakfast, the register, the timetable… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl skips breakfast every day. By mid-morning she cannot think in maths. What would help most? Test 1 · ★ 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, wit
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# Test 1 · ★ · Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthqu…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A girl skips breakfast every day. By mid-morning she cannot think in maths. What would help most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** skip, not think, help · **To what, where:** breakfast, maths

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This is test 1 · ★ 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. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl skips breakfast every day.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t1:1
# text = A girl skips breakfast every day.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	skips	skip	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** | present | a girl | breakfast |  |  | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breakfast=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* By mid-morning she cannot think in maths.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t1:2
# text = By mid-morning she cannot think in maths.
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	mid-morning	mid-morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | can | girl |  |  | maths |  | by mid-morning | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What would help most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t1:3
# text = What would help most?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A quick breakfast such as cereal or a banana

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t1:o1:1
# text = A quick breakfast such as cereal or a banana
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	6	case	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	cereal	cereal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	banana	banana	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sitting nearer the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t1:o2:1
# text = Sitting nearer the window
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	nearer	near	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  | the window |  |  |  | near *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Drinking a fizzy drink at break

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t1:o3:1
# text = Drinking a fizzy drink at break
1	Drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	fizzy	fizzy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | gerund |  | a fizzy drink |  | break |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Going to bed later so she gets more rest in the evening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t1:o4:1
# text = Going to bed later so she gets more rest in the evening
1	Going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  | bed |  | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **get** | present | she | more rest |  |  | evening |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rest=Stimulus |

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