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title: Why do routines help after a big change? — Moving, new schools, change and grief · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do routines help after a big change? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Moving, new schools, change and grief» 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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# Test 3 · ★★ · Moving, new schools, change and grief

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Why do routines help after a big change?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** routines · **What happens:** help

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Moving, new schools, change and grief» 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/97-moving-change-and-grief/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t3:1
# text = Why do routines help after a big change?
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	routines	routine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present · do-support | routines |  |  |  | after a big change |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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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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Routines make you forget the change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t3:o1:1
# text = Routines make you forget the change
1	Routines	routine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Routines | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the change |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Routines are only meant for very young children who cannot cope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t3:o2:1
# text = Routines are only meant for very young children who cannot cope
1	Routines	routine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	cope	cope	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · passive |  | Routines |  |  |  | for young children | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for child=Attribute |
| 2 | **not** **cope** | can | young children |  |  |  |  |  | vn cope-83-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Familiar things make you feel steady and safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t3:o3:1
# text = Familiar things make you feel steady and safe
1	Familiar	familiar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Familiar things | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | steady *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Routines stop the change from happening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t3:o4:1
# text = Routines stop the change from happening
1	Routines	routine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	happening	happen	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 | **stop** | present | Routines | the change |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality change=Eventuality |
| 2 | **happen** | gerund | Routines *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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