Exam question 1 · Swimming basics and water confidence

It being given that a person is carried away from the shore by a rip current, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: rip current · What happens: give, carry away, select, establish · To what, where: It, person, shore, course

This is exam question 1 of lesson 7 «Swimming basics and water confidence» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 carried	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carried	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 carried	aux:pass
8	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 carried	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 shore	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 shore	det
12	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carried	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 current	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 current	det
15	rip	rip	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 current	compound
16	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carried	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 select	punct
18	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 course	det
20	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 select	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 action	case
22	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 course	nmod
23	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 action	amod
24	with	with	ADP	_	26 guidance	case
25	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 guidance	amod
26	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 consistent	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	carry away	present · passive	a rip current	a person	the shore	away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from shore=Initial_Location
3	select	infinitive		the course of action			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme
4	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To float, to signal for assistance, or to swim parallel to the shore

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 float	mark
2	float	float	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 swim	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 signal	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	5 signal	mark
5	signal	signal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 float	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 assistance	case
7	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 signal	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 swim	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 swim	cc
10	to	to	PART	_	11 swim	mark
11	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	parallel	parallel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 swim	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 shore	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 shore	det
15	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 parallel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	float	to-infinitive		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	signal speech: other	to-infinitive	for assistance	vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Agent for assistance=Topic
3	swim	to-infinitive		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

To swim directly against the current towards the shore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 swim	mark
2	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	directly	directly	ADV	_	2 swim	advmod
4	against	against	ADP	_	6 current	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 current	det
6	current	current	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 swim	obl
7	towards	towards	ADP	_	9 shore	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shore	det
9	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 current	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	to-infinitive				the current		directly property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against current=Trajectory

Option 3

To remove all clothing and swim with maximum effort

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remove	mark
2	remove	remove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 clothing	det
4	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remove	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 swim	cc
6	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 remove	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 effort	case
8	maximum	maximum	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 effort	amod
9	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swim	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	to-infinitive		all clothing					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothing=Theme
2	swim	present						with maximum effort	vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with effort=Theme

Option 4

To dive beneath the surface until the current ceases

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 dive	mark
2	dive	dive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	5 surface	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 surface	det
5	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dive	obl
6	until	until	ADP	_	9 ceases	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ceases	det
8	current	current	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ceases	amod
9	ceases	cease	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dive	to-infinitive				the surface	until the current ceases		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath surface=Location

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