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title: Why do people use alarm clocks? — Time, routines and sleep · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do people use alarm clocks? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 39 «Time, routines and sleep» 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Time, routines and sleep

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Why do people use alarm clocks?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** use · **To what, where:** alarm clocks

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 39 «Time, routines and sleep» 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/39-time-and-routines/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:39-time-and-routines:t6:1
# text = Why do people use alarm clocks?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	clocks	clock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · do-support | people | alarm clocks |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Patient |

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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 tell them when to eat lunch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:39-time-and-routines:t6:o1:1
# text = To tell them when to eat lunch
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | lunch |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To make the night pass more quickly while you sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:39-time-and-routines:t6:o2:1
# text = To make the night pass more quickly while you sleep
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	pass	pass	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | night |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **pass** | present |  |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sleep** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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To help them fall asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:39-time-and-routines:t6:o3:1
# text = To help them fall asleep
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	help	help	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | to-infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To wake at the same planned time every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:39-time-and-routines:t6:o4:1
# text = To wake at the same planned time every day
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wake	wake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	planned	plan	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | day; time |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **plan** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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