--- title: Why does a family keep a battery radio in their emergency kit? — Weather emergencies · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a family keep a battery radio in their emergency kit? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 48 «Weather emergencies» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/48-weather-emergencies/t9/) [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/) / [Weather emergencies](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/48-weather-emergencies/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Weather emergencies Why does a family keep a battery radio in their emergency kit? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** family · **What happens:** keep · **To what, where:** battery radio, emergency kit This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 48 «Weather emergencies» 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/48-weather-emergencies/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t9:1 # text = Why does a family keep a battery radio in their emergency kit? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 battery battery NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 radio radio NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 emergency emergency NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 kit kit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present · do-support | a family | a battery radio | | their emergency kit | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent radio=Theme in kit=Location | 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} A radio is a good toy for a storm ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t9:o1:1 # text = A radio is a good toy for a storm 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 radio radio NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a radio | a good toy | | | | for a storm | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The radio charges the torch ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t9:o2:1 # text = The radio charges the torch 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 radio radio NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 charges charge VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 torch torch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge** | present | the radio | the torch | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location torch=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Radios send out a signal that attracts rescuers to your house ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t9:o3:1 # text = Radios send out a signal that attracts rescuers to your house 1 Radios radio NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 send send VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 signal signal NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 attracts attract VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 rescuers rescuer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send out** | present | Radios | a signal | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signal=Theme | | 2 | **attract** | present | a signal | rescuers | | | | to your house *result* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent rescuer=Patient to house=Result | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Power and phones may fail, but the radio still gives warnings ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t9:o4:1 # text = Power and phones may fail, but the radio still gives warnings 1 Power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 phones phone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 radio radio NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 warnings warning NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fail** | may | Power and phones | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | present | the radio | warnings | | | still | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme | **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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