--- title: Select the verb that most precisely replaces the phrase "walked slow… — Describing: senses, showing and precis… · tree and pragmatics description: Select the verb that most precisely replaces the phrase "walked slowly and heavily". Exam question 3 of lesson 41 «Describing: senses, showing and precise words» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Describing: senses, showing and precis…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Describing: senses, showing and precise words Select the verb that most precisely replaces the phrase "walked slowly and heavily". **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, phrase · **What happens:** select, replace, walk · **To what, where:** verb, phrase This is exam question 3 of lesson 41 «Describing: senses, showing and precise words» of the English 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/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:e3:1 # text = Select the verb that most precisely replaces the phrase "walked slowly and heavily". 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 6 precisely precisely ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 replaces replace VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 phrase phrase NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 heavily heavily ADV RB _ 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the verb | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verb=Theme | | 2 | **replace** | present | you *not said here* | the phrase | | | | precisely *property* | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme phrase=Co-Theme | | 3 | **walk** *in a quote* | past | the phrase *not said here* | | | | | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} trudged ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:e3:o1:1 # text = trudged 1 trudged trudge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trudge** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} went ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:e3:o2:1 # text = went 1 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} moved ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:e3:o3:1 # text = moved 1 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | participle | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} sprinted ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:e3:o4:1 # text = sprinted 1 sprinted sprint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sprint** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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