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title: Ascertain the reason for which cold water is entered slowly. — Safe at lakes and beaches · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the reason for which cold water is entered slowly. Exam question 4 of lesson 232 «Safe at lakes and beaches» 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 4 · Safe at lakes and beaches

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Ascertain the reason for which cold water is entered slowly.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, enter · **To what, where:** reason, cold water

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 232 «Safe at lakes and beaches» 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/232-lakes-and-beaches/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the reason for which cold water is entered slowly.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	entered	enter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **enter** | present · passive |  | cold water |  |  |  | for the reason; slowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |

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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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Cold water causes gasping and tires the muscles rapidly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:e4:o1:1
# text = Cold water causes gasping and tires the muscles rapidly
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	gasping	gasping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	tires	tire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | Cold water | gasping |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition gasping=Patient |
| 2 | **tire** | present | Cold water *not said here* | the muscles |  |  |  | rapidly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus muscle=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cold water causes the skin to grow warmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:e4:o2:1
# text = Cold water causes the skin to grow warmer
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | Cold water | the skin |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition skin=Patient |
| 2 | **grow** | to-infinitive | Cold water *not said here* |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Quick entry is forbidden by lifeguards on all public beaches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:e4:o3:1
# text = Quick entry is forbidden by lifeguards on all public beaches
1	Quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	entry	entry	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	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	beaches	beach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | present · passive | lifeguards | Quick entry |  | all public beaches |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Slow entry makes the water itself grow warmer around the swimmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:e4:o4:1
# text = Slow entry makes the water itself grow warmer around the swimmer
1	Slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	entry	entry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	nsubj	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	xcomp	_	_
8	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	_
9	around	around	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	swimmer	swimmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Slow entry | the water |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present | entry |  |  | the swimmer |  | warm *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around swimmer=Location |

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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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