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description: It is given that a flood is occurring. Determine the conduct prescribed for the members of a household. Exam question 3 of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 3 · Home myths, first aid and weather warnings

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It is given that a flood is occurring. Determine the conduct prescribed for the members of a household.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** flood, you · **What happens:** give, occur, determine, prescribe · **To what, where:** It, conduct

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a flood is occurring.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:e3:1
# text = It is given that a flood is occurring.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	occurring	occur	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **occur** | present · progressive | a flood |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the conduct prescribed for the members of a household.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:e3:2
# text = Determine the conduct prescribed for the members of a household.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 2 | **prescribe** | participle |  | the conduct *not said here* |  |  |  | for the members of a household | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Drive the car through the water to escape it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:e3:o1:1
# text = Drive the car through the water to escape it
1	Drive	drive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | imperative | you *not said here* | the car |  | the water |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent car=Theme through water=Trajectory |
| 2 | **escape** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | car |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Move to higher floors and never walk in floodwater

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:e3:o2:1
# text = Move to higher floors and never walk in floodwater
1	Move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	floors	floor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | higher floors |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to floor=Trajectory |
| 2 | **not** **walk** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | floodwater |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in floodwater=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wade outside at once to reach the nearest shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:e3:o3:1
# text = Wade outside at once to reach the nearest shop
1	Wade	Wade	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | to-infinitive |  | the nearest shop |  |  |  | once *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent shop=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Stay in the cellar where it is coldest and dry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:e3:o4:1
# text = Stay in the cellar where it is coldest and dry
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	coldest	coldest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the cellar |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cellar=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | cellar |  |  |  |  | coldest *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | cellar *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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