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title: Why do families in Ukraine use air-raid alarm apps? — Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do families in Ukraine use air-raid alarm apps? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 24 «Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine» 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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# Test 7 · ★ · Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

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Why do families in Ukraine use air-raid alarm apps?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** families · **What happens:** do, use · **To what, where:** alarm apps

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 24 «Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine» of the politics 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/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t7:1
# text = Why do families in Ukraine use air-raid alarm apps?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
3	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	raid	raid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	apps	app	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | families in Ukraine *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **use** | present | families in Ukraine | alarm apps |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent app=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They count the sunflowers growing in the fields

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t7:o1:1
# text = They count the sunflowers growing in the fields
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	count	count	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	sunflowers	sunflower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | They | the sunflowers |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sunflower=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** | gerund | the sunflowers *not said here* |  |  | the fields |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in field=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They play soft music at bedtime so that children fall asleep faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t7:o2:1
# text = They play soft music at bedtime so that children fall asleep faster
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
11	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present | They | soft music |  | bedtime |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | present | children |  |  |  |  | asleep, fast *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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They warn of missiles or drones so people can take shelter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t7:o3:1
# text = They warn of missiles or drones so people can take shelter
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	warn	warn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	missiles	missile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	drones	drone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
11	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | They |  |  |  |  | of missiles or drones | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **take** | can | people | shelter |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They remind people to go shopping before the shops close

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t7:o4:1
# text = They remind people to go shopping before the shops close
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remind	remind	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	shopping	shop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remind** *speech: other* | present | They |  | people |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **shop** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  | the shops |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before shop=Location |

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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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