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title: It being given that an emergency number has been dialled in error, s… — Calling emergency services well · tree and pragmatics
description: It being given that an emergency number has been dialled in error, select the course of action consistent with established guidance. Exam question 2 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
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# Exam question 2 · Calling emergency services well

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It being given that an emergency number has been dialled in error, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** give, diall, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, emergency number, error, course

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:e2:1
# text = It being given that an emergency number has been dialled in error, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	dialled	diall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	amod	_	_
22	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **diall** | present · perfect · passive |  | a emergency number |  | error |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **select** | infinitive |  | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 4 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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 {#o1}

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To switch off the phone entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:e2:o1:1
# text = To switch off the phone entirely
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	switch	switch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch off** | to-infinitive |  | the phone |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To remain on the line and state that the call was a mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:e2:o2:1
# text = To remain on the line and state that the call was a mistake
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remain	remain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the line and state |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on line=Location |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the call | a mistake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To hang up immediately without speaking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:e2:o3:1
# text = To hang up immediately without speaking
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang up** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To call again repeatedly to cancel it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:e2:o4:1
# text = To call again repeatedly to cancel it
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cancel	cancel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | again | repeatedly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cancel** | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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