--- title: A fire alarm goes off. Why is it important that the register was tak… — Breakfast, the register, the timetable… · tree and pragmatics description: A fire alarm goes off. Why is it important that the register was taken that morning? Test 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 depende --- [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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthqu… A fire alarm goes off. Why is it important that the register was taken that morning? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fire alarm · **What happens:** go off, be, take · **To what, where:** register This is test 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. 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A fire alarm goes off. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t2:1 # text = A fire alarm goes off. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go off** | present | a fire alarm | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=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. *Sentence 2:* Why is it important that the register was taken that morning? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t2:2 # text = Why is it important that the register was taken that morning? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 4 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 register register NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | important *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past · passive | | the register | | | morning | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It tells parents what time to come ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t2:o1:1 # text = It tells parents what time to come 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | It | | parents | | time | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient | | 2 | **come** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It decides which class leaves the building first and which goes last ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t2:o2:1 # text = It decides which class leaves the building first and which goes last 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 decides decide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 4 det _ _ 4 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 building building NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 last last ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | present | It | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **leave** | present | which class | the building | | | | first *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Theme | | 3 | **go** | present | | | | | | last *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It helps the fire engine find the school ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t2:o3:1 # text = It helps the fire engine find the school 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 engine engine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | It | the fire engine | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent engine=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **find** | infinitive | the fire engine *not said here* | the school | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Topic | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Teachers can check that every child is out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t2:o4:1 # text = Teachers can check that every child is out 1 Teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | can | Teachers | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | every child | | | | | out *property* | tree rules | **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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