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title: Identify the course of conduct appropriate to a person confined with… — Escalators and lifts · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the course of conduct appropriate to a person confined within a stationary lift. Exam question 3 of lesson 26 «Escalators and lifts» of the technology 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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# Exam question 3 · Escalators and lifts

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Identify the course of conduct appropriate to a person confined within a stationary lift.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, confine · **To what, where:** course, person

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 26 «Escalators and lifts» of the technology 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/technology/26-escalators-and-lifts/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:26-escalators-and-lifts:e3:1
# text = Identify the course of conduct appropriate to a person confined within a stationary lift.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	within	within	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	stationary	stationary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 course of conduct |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **confine** | participle |  | a person *not said here* |  |  |  | within a stationary lift | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To remain calm, to operate the alarm button and to await assistance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:26-escalators-and-lifts:e3:o1:1
# text = To remain calm, to operate the alarm button and to await assistance
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remain	remain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	operate	operate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	button	button	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	await	await	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **operate** | to-infinitive |  | the alarm button |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Theme button=Attribute |
| 3 | **await** | to-infinitive |  | assistance |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To leap repeatedly in order to restore movement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:26-escalators-and-lifts:e3:o2:1
# text = To leap repeatedly in order to restore movement
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	leap	leap	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leap** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | order |  | repeatedly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in order=Trajectory |
| 2 | **restore** | to-infinitive |  | movement |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent movement=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To restrict breathing on the assumption that the air will be exhausted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:26-escalators-and-lifts:e3:o3:1
# text = To restrict breathing on the assumption that the air will be exhausted
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	restrict	restrict	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	breathing	breathe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	assumption	assumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restrict** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Causer clause=Goal |
| 2 | **breathe** | gerund |  |  |  | the assumption |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Agent on assumption=Destination |
| 3 | **exhaust** | future · passive |  | the air |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To force the doors and climb out by way of the shaft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:26-escalators-and-lifts:e3:o4:1
# text = To force the doors and climb out by way of the shaft
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	force	force	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shaft	shaft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** | to-infinitive |  | the doors |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Recipient |
| 2 | **climb out** | present |  |  |  |  |  | by way of the shaft | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by way=Trajectory |

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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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