Exam question 3 · Swimming basics and water confidence

Identify the method recommended for the assistance of a person in difficulty in the water.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, recommend, assist · To what, where: method, person

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 method	det
3	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 method	acl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 assistance	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 assistance	det
7	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recommended	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 person	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 assistance	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 difficulty	case
12	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 person	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 water	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 water	det
15	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 difficulty	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the method		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent method=Theme
2	recommend	participle		the method not said here	for the assistance of a person in difficulty in the water	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for assistance=Attribute
3	assist			a person in difficulty in the water		nom assistance «act transitive»: of=patient

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

To shout instructions without taking any other action

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 shout	mark
2	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shout	obj
4	without	without	SCONJ	_	5 taking	mark
5	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 shout	advcl
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 action	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 action	amod
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	to-infinitive		instructions					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Topic
2	take	gerund		any other action					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Theme

Option 2

To enter the water immediately and swim to the person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 enter	mark
2	enter	enter	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enter	obj
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	2 enter	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 swim	cc
7	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 enter	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 person	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 swim	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	to-infinitive		the water				immediately property	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Destination
2	swim	infinitive			the person				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to person=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To reach towards, or throw to, the person an object that floats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 reach	mark
2	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 throw	advcl
3	towards	towards	ADP	_	2 reach	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 throw	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 throw	cc
6	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	6 throw	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 person	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 throw	obl
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 object	det
12	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 throw	obj
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 floats	nsubj
14	floats	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 object	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	reach	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	throw	imperative	you not said here	the person	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Theme
3	float	present	a object		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

To summon assistance only after the person has left the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 summon	mark
2	summon	summon	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summon	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 left	advmod
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 left	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 left	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 left	aux
9	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 summon	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 water	det
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	to-infinitive		assistance					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Recipient
2	leave	present · perfect	the person	the water					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

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