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title: Which of the following constitutes the proper siting of a tent? — Hiking and camping safely · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following constitutes the proper siting of a tent? Exam question 2 of lesson 230 «Hiking and camping safely» 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 2 · Hiking and camping safely

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following constitutes the proper siting of a tent?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, constitute, site

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 230 «Hiking and camping safely» 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/230-hiking-and-camping/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:e2:1
# text = Which of the following constitutes the proper siting of a tent?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	siting	site	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **constitute** | present |  |  |  |  |  | proper *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme which=Pivot |
| 3 | **site** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of a tent | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Flat high ground, away from dead trees, rivers and slope bottoms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:e2:o1:1
# text = Flat high ground, away from dead trees, rivers and slope bottoms
1	Flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
12	slope	slope	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	bottoms	bottom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slope** | present | Flat high ground and dead trees and rivers | bottoms |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bottom=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Beneath a dead tree, for shelter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:e2:o2:1
# text = Beneath a dead tree, for shelter
1	Beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At the bottom of a steep slope, where the wind cannot reach it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:e2:o3:1
# text = At the bottom of a steep slope, where the wind cannot reach it
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	slope	slope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **reach** | can | the wind | slope |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Directly beside a river, so as to ensure a supply of water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:e2:o4:1
# text = Directly beside a river, so as to ensure a supply of water
1	Directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	ensure	ensure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	supply	supply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ensure** | to-infinitive |  | a supply of water |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition supply=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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