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title: Identify the principal function of a worry box in a primary school. — Speaking up is bravery too · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal function of a worry box in a primary school. Exam question 2 of lesson 368 «Speaking up is bravery too» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 2 · Speaking up is bravery too

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Identify the principal function of a worry box in a primary school.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal function

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 368 «Speaking up is bravery too» 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/368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal function of a worry box in a primary school.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	primary	primary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal function of a worry box in a primary school |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme |

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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}

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To enable pupils to report concerns safely to staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:e2:o1:1
# text = To enable pupils to report concerns safely to staff
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	enable	enable	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	report	report	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	concerns	concern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enable** | to-infinitive |  | pupils |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **report** | to-infinitive | pupils *not said here* | concerns | staff |  |  | safely *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent concern=Topic to staff=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To store articles of lost property

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:e2:o2:1
# text = To store articles of lost property
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	store	store	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	articles	article	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | to-infinitive |  | articles of lost property |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent article=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **article** |  |  | lost property |  |  |  |  | nom article «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To record the results of examinations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:e2:o3:1
# text = To record the results of examinations
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	record	record	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	examinations	examination	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | to-infinitive |  | the results of examinations |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Theme |
| 2 | **result** |  |  | examinations |  |  |  |  | nom result «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To collect pupils' contributions towards the cost of school excursions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:e2:o4:1
# text = To collect pupils' contributions towards the cost of school excursions
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	collect	collect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	contributions	contribution	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	excursions	excursion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **collect** | to-infinitive |  | pupils's contributions |  |  |  | towards the cost of school excursions | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contribution=Theme |
| 2 | **contribute** |  | pupils |  |  |  |  |  | nom contribution «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **cost** |  |  | school excursions |  |  |  |  | nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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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