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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the depth of moving floodwater sufficient to knock a person down? Exam question 1 of lesson 300 «Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 1 · Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the depth of moving floodwater sufficient to knock a person down?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** depth · **What happens:** follow, characteris, move, knock down · **To what, where:** depth, person

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 300 «Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows» 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/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the depth of moving floodwater sufficient to knock a person down?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	depth	depth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	floodwater	floodwat	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	14	advmod	_	_
14	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	knock	knock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	down	down	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **characteris** | present |  | the depth |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **move** | gerund | the depth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sufficient *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **knock down** | to-infinitive | the depth *not said here* | a person |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent person=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Approximately two metres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:e1:o1:1
# text = Approximately two metres
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Approximately fifteen centimetres, or six inches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:e1:o2:1
# text = Approximately fifteen centimetres, or six inches
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	centimetres	centimetre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Floodwater is unable to knock a grown person down at any depth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:e1:o3:1
# text = Floodwater is unable to knock a grown person down at any depth
1	Floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	knock	knock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	depth	depth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Floodwater |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **knock down** | to-infinitive | Floodwater *not said here* | a grown person |  | any depth |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent person=Theme at depth=Destination |
| 3 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Approximately one metre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:e1:o4:1
# text = Approximately one metre
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	metre	metre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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