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title: Identify the principal purpose of the red and yellow flags displayed… — Going where you're not allowed · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose of the red and yellow flags displayed upon a patrolled beach. Exam question 2 of lesson 349 «Going where you're not allowed» 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 w
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# Exam question 2 · Going where you're not allowed

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Identify the principal purpose of the red and yellow flags displayed upon a patrolled beach.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal purpose, red flags · **What happens:** identify, display, patrol, purpose

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 349 «Going where you're not allowed» 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/349-going-where-youre-not-allowed/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:349-going-where-youre-not-allowed:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of the red and yellow flags displayed upon a patrolled beach.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
11	displayed	display	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	patrolled	patrol	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **display** | past | the principal purpose of the red flags |  |  |  |  | upon a patrolled beach | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **patrol** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **purpose** |  | the red flags |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 -->
They serve purely ornamental purposes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:349-going-where-youre-not-allowed:e2:o1:1
# text = They serve purely ornamental purposes
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	serve	serve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	purely	purely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	ornamental	ornamental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	purposes	purpose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | They | ornamental purposes |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They indicate the presence of dangerous marine animals, such as sharks and jellyfish, nearby

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:349-going-where-youre-not-allowed:e2:o2:1
# text = They indicate the presence of dangerous marine animals, such as sharks and jellyfish, nearby
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	marine	marine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	appos	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | They | the presence of dangerous marine animals |  |  |  | nearby *property* | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot presence=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They indicate the area supervised by lifeguards and judged safest for bathing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:349-going-where-youre-not-allowed:e2:o3:1
# text = They indicate the area supervised by lifeguards and judged safest for bathing
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	supervised	supervise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	judged	judge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	bathing	bathing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | They | the area |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot area=Topic |
| 2 | **supervise** | participle |  | the area *not said here* |  |  |  | by lifeguards | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent by lifeguard=Eventuality |
| 3 | **judge** | past | They *not said here* | safest |  |  |  | for bathing | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent safe=Theme for bathing=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They indicate the deepest water available for swimming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:349-going-where-youre-not-allowed:e2:o4:1
# text = They indicate the deepest water available for swimming
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	deepest	deep	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	available	available	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | They | the deepest water |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot water=Topic |

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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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