Exam question 3 · Swimming and cycling

Pursuant to the advice of the RNLI, ascertain the recommended action upon an unexpected immersion in cold water.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: ascertain, recommend · To what, where: recommended action

This is exam question 3 of lesson 42 «Swimming and cycling» of the medicine 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	9 ascertain	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 advice	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 advice	det
4	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ascertain	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 RNLI	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 RNLI	det
7	RNLI	RNLI	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 advice	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 advice	punct
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 action	det
11	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 action	amod
12	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ascertain	obj
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 immersion	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 immersion	det
15	unexpected	unexpected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 immersion	amod
16	immersion	immersion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 action	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 water	case
18	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 water	amod
19	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 immersion	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	present		the recommended action				to the advice of the RNLI; upon a unexpected immersion in cold water; pursuant property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Topic
2	recommend	participle							vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 swim with maximum effort 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	with	with	ADP	_	5 effort	case
4	maximum	maximum	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 effort	amod
5	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swim	obl
6	towards	towards	ADP	_	8 shore	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shore	det
8	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swim	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	to-infinitive				the shore		with maximum effort	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards shore=Destination

Option 2

To remove all clothing immediately in the water

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	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	2 remove	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	to-infinitive		all clothing		the water		immediately property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothing=Theme

Option 3

To submerge the head repeatedly to adjust to the cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 submerge	mark
2	submerge	submerge	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 head	det
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 submerge	obj
5	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	2 submerge	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 adjust	mark
7	adjust	adjust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 submerge	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 cold	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cold	det
10	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 adjust	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	submerge	to-infinitive		the head				repeatedly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent head=Patient
2	adjust	to-infinitive						to the cold goal	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent to cold=Goal

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To lean back and float until breathing is controlled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 lean	mark
2	lean	lean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 lean	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 float	cc
5	float	float	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 lean	conj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 controlled	mark
7	breathing	breathing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 controlled	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 controlled	aux:pass
9	controlled	control	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 float	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	lean back	to-infinitive		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	float	infinitive		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	control	present · passive	breathing	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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