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title: Identify the correct manner of getting off a swing. — Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the correct manner of getting off a swing. Exam question 1 of lesson 228 «Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 1 · Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds

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Identify the correct manner of getting off a swing.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, correct manner · **What happens:** identify, get off · **To what, where:** correct manner, swing

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 228 «Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds» 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/228-parks-and-playgrounds/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:e1:1
# text = Identify the correct manner of getting off a swing.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	swing	swing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct manner |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **get off** | gerund | the correct manner *not said here* | a swing |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer swing=Stimulus |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The swing is brought to a stop before one dismounts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:e1:o1:1
# text = The swing is brought to a stop before one dismounts
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	swing	swing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	dismounts	dismount	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present · passive |  | the swing |  | a stop | before one dismounts |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to stop=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One jumps clear from the highest point of the swing's arc

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:e1:o2:1
# text = One jumps clear from the highest point of the swing's arc
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	jumps	jump	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	swing	swing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	arc	arc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | present | One |  |  | the highest point of the swing's arc |  | clear *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from point=Trajectory |
| 2 | **point** |  |  | the swing's arc |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One lets go with both hands at speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:e1:o3:1
# text = One lets go with both hands at speed
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | One |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | One *not said here* |  |  | speed |  | with both hands | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with hand=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One leans backwards until one falls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:e1:o4:1
# text = One leans backwards until one falls
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	leans	lean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nsubj	_	_
6	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lean** | present | One |  |  |  |  | backwards *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fall** | present | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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