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title: Which is the usual rule for phones in many schools? — Breakfast, the register, the timetable… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is the usual rule for phones in many schools? Test 6 · ★ 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 qu
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# Test 6 · ★ · Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthqu…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which is the usual rule for phones in many schools?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** usual rule

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t6:1
# text = Which is the usual rule for phones in many schools?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the usual rule |  |  |  | for phones in many schools | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Switched off in your bag or handed in, used only for emergencies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t6:o1:1
# text = Switched off in your bag or handed in, used only for emergencies
1	Switched	switch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	handed	hand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	emergencies	emergency	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch off** | participle |  |  |  | your bag |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **hand in** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | for emergencies | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Always switched on, so that you can answer messages during lessons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t6:o2:1
# text = Always switched on, so that you can answer messages during lessons
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	switched	switch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch on** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | can | you | messages |  |  | during lessons |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent message=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Allowed only for games at lunch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t6:o3:1
# text = Allowed only for games at lunch
1	Allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | participle |  |  |  | lunch |  | for games *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for game=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Phones must be left at home by law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t6:o4:1
# text = Phones must be left at home by law
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | must · passive | law | Phones |  | home |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme at home=Location |

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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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