--- title: Which of the following constitutes the most important information to… — Calling emergency services well · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following constitutes the most important information to be conveyed to an emergency call taker? Exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Calling emergency services well» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/36-calling-emergency-services/e1/) [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/) / [Calling emergency services well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/36-calling-emergency-services/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Calling emergency services well Which of the following constitutes the most important information to be conveyed to an emergency call taker? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, constitute, convey · **To what, where:** important information, call taker This is exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Calling emergency services well» 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/36-calling-emergency-services/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:e1:1 # text = Which of the following constitutes the most important information to be conveyed to an emergency call taker? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 nsubj _ _ 5 constitutes constitute VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 8 advmod _ _ 8 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 emergency emergency NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 taker taker NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **constitute** | present | | the important information | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme information=Pivot | | 3 | **convey** | to-infinitive · passive | | the important information *not said here* | a call taker | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: to taker=Recipient | 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} The caller's age and favourite subject ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:e1:o1:1 # text = The caller's age and favourite subject 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 caller caller NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The location at which the caller is situated ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:e1:o2:1 # text = The location at which the caller is situated 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 location location NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 caller caller NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 situated situate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **situate** | present · passive | | the caller | | the location | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at which=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} The name of the caller's school teacher ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:e1:o3:1 # text = The name of the caller's school teacher 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 caller caller NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | | | the caller's school teacher | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The colour of the caller's clothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:e1:o4:1 # text = The colour of the caller's clothing 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 caller caller NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 clothing clothing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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