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Exam question 3 · Water safety and the ocean

It is given that a person in the water is observed to bob and gasp with the head inclined backwards. Ascertain the appropriate course of action for a child observer.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: head, you · What happens: give, observe, bob, gasp, incline, ascertain · To what, where: It, person, appropriate course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 13 «Water safety and the ocean» of the physics 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a person in the water is observed to bob and gasp with the head inclined backwards.

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	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 observed	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 observed	nsubj:pass
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 person	nmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 observed	aux:pass
11	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 bob	mark
13	bob	bob	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 observed	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 gasp	cc
15	gasp	gasp	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 bob	conj
16	with	with	SCONJ	_	19 inclined	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 head	det
18	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 inclined	nsubj
19	inclined	incline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 gasp	advcl
20	backwards	backwards	ADV	_	19 inclined	advmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	observe	present · passive		a person in the water					tree rules
3	bob	to-infinitive							vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	gasp	infinitive							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	incline	past	the head					backwards property	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: 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.

Sentence 2: Ascertain the appropriate course of action for a child observer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 course	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 course	amod
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 action	case
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 course	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 observer	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 observer	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 observer	compound
10	observer	observer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 action	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action for a child observer					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

To enter the water and effect a rescue in 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	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 effect	cc
6	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 water	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rescue	det
8	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enter	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 person	case
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rescue	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	to-infinitive		the water and effect					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To summon an adult or lifeguard without delay

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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summon	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 lifeguard	cc
6	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 adult	conj
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 delay	case
8	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summon	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	to-infinitive			a adult or lifeguard			without delay	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 3

To withdraw and inform no person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 withdraw	mark
2	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 inform	cc
4	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 withdraw	conj
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	to-infinitive							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	inform speech: other	infinitive			no person				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient

Option 4

To await further signals of distress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 await	mark
2	await	await	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 signals	amod
4	signals	signal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 await	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 distress	case
6	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 signals	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	await	to-infinitive		further signals of distress					tree rules
2	signal			distress					nom signal «communication transitive»: of=patient

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