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title: Identify the appearance commonly presented by a rip current. — The beach and the sea · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the appearance commonly presented by a rip current. Exam question 2 of lesson 44 «The beach and the sea» 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 · The beach and the sea

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Identify the appearance commonly presented by a rip current.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, present · **To what, where:** appearance

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 44 «The beach and the sea» 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/44-the-beach-and-the-sea/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:e2:1
# text = Identify the appearance commonly presented by a rip current.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	rip	rip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	current	current	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	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 appearance |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent appearance=Theme |
| 2 | **present** | participle |  | the appearance *not said here* |  |  |  | by a rip current; commonly *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A calmer and darker gap where fewer waves break

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:e2:o1:1
# text = A calmer and darker gap where fewer waves break
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	calmer	calm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	darker	dark	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
5	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
7	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	break	break	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present | fewer waves |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A ring of bubbles around a swimmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:e2:o2:1
# text = A ring of bubbles around a swimmer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	swimmer	swimmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A line of high white breaking waves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:e2:o3:1
# text = A line of high white breaking waves
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	breaking	breaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A patch of bright green water lying close to the sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:e2:o4:1
# text = A patch of bright green water lying close to the sand
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
8	close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund | a patch of bright green water *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the sand; close *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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