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description: Select the response that is consistent with established guidance where the caller does not know the address. Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · Calling emergency services well

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Select the response that is consistent with established guidance where the caller does not know the address.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response, caller · **What happens:** select, be, establish, not know · **To what, where:** response, address

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with established guidance where the caller does not know the address.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	caller	caller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with established guidance; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | the caller | the address |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer address=Stimulus |

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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 end the call and search for the address

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:e4:o1:1
# text = To end the call and search for the address
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	end	end	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	search	search	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | to-infinitive |  | the call |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality call=Eventuality |
| 2 | **search** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for the address | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for address=Theme |

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

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To describe nearby landmarks such as shops, signs or parks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:e4:o2:1
# text = To describe nearby landmarks such as shops, signs or parks
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nearby	nearby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	landmarks	landmark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	parks	park	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | to-infinitive |  | nearby landmarks |  |  |  | such shops and signs or parks | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent landmark=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To decline to give any location whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:e4:o3:1
# text = To decline to give any location whatsoever
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	decline	decline	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **give** | to-infinitive |  | any location |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent location=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To guess any address in the town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:e4:o4:1
# text = To guess any address in the town
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	guess	guess	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | to-infinitive |  | any address |  | the town |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent address=Theme |

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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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