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title: Identify the principal purpose of a lockdown drill in a school. — Guns, school safety and arguments abou… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose of a lockdown drill in a school. Exam question 1 of lesson 22 «Guns, school safety and arguments about schools» of the politics 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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# Exam question 1 · Guns, school safety and arguments about schools

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Identify the principal purpose of a lockdown drill in a school.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, lockdown drill · **What happens:** identify, purpose · **To what, where:** principal purpose

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 22 «Guns, school safety and arguments about schools» of the politics 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/politics/22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of a lockdown drill in a 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	purpose	purpose	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	lockdown	lockdown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	drill	drill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 purpose of a lockdown drill in a school |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | a lockdown drill in a school |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To ascertain the proper functioning of the electric lighting and the fire alarms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools:e1:o1:1
# text = To ascertain the proper functioning of the electric lighting and the fire alarms
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	functioning	functioning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lighting	lighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	alarms	alarm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | to-infinitive |  | the proper functioning of the electric lighting and the fire alarms |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent functioning=Topic |
| 2 | **function** |  | the electric lighting |  |  |  |  |  | nom functioning «process intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To discipline pupils for misconduct in class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools:e1:o2:1
# text = To discipline pupils for misconduct in class
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	discipline	discipline	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	misconduct	misconduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discipline** | to-infinitive |  | pupils |  | class |  | for misconduct | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To ensure that all persons know how to act should a danger ever arise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools:e1:o3:1
# text = To ensure that all persons know how to act should a danger ever arise
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ensure	ensure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	act	act	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	14	advmod	_	_
14	arise	arise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ensure** | to-infinitive | a danger *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | present | all persons |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **act** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **arise** | should | a danger |  |  |  | ever |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To signify that a danger is anticipated upon that particular day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools:e1:o4:1
# text = To signify that a danger is anticipated upon that particular day
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	signify	signify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	anticipated	anticipate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
10	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **anticipate** | present · passive |  | a danger |  |  | day |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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