--- title: earthquake drill is so boring, why do it — Breakfast, the register, the timetable… · tree and pragmatics description: earthquake drill is so boring, why do it Test 12 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones/t12/) [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 register, the timetable…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthqu… earthquake drill is so boring, why do it **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** earthquake drill · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** drill This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t12:1 # text = earthquake drill is so boring, why do it 1 earthquake earthquake NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 drill drill NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 boring boring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 8 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | earthquake drill | | | | | boring *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | present | | drill | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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 {#o1} It's to miss a lesson ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t12:o1:1 # text = It's to miss a lesson 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 miss miss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | miss *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It's only for teachers, kids just sit there and wait it out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t12:o2:1 # text = It's only for teachers, kids just sit there and wait it out 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | for teachers and kids | tree rules | | 2 | **sit** | present | teachers and kids | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wait out** | infinitive | teachers and kids *not said here* | it | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Real quakes don't happen ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t12:o3:1 # text = Real quakes don't happen 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 quakes quake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **happen** | present · do-support | Real quakes | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} So you know to drop, cover and hold on in a real one ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t12:o4:1 # text = So you know to drop, cover and hold on in a real one 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 drop drop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 10 on on ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **drop** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **cover** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hold on** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | in a real one | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in one=Location | **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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