--- title: It being given that a red flag is displayed alone upon a beach, dete… — The beach and the sea · tree and pragmatics description: It being given that a red flag is displayed alone upon a beach, determine its meaning. Exam question 3 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/44-the-beach-and-the-sea/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [The beach and the sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/44-the-beach-and-the-sea/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The beach and the sea It being given that a red flag is displayed alone upon a beach, determine its meaning. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** flag · **What happens:** give, display, determine, mean · **To what, where:** It, red flag, meaning This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:e3:1 # text = It being given that a red flag is displayed alone upon a beach, determine its meaning. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 flag flag 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 displayed display VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 10 alone alone ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 determine determine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 16 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | gerund · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **display** | present · passive | | a red flag | | | | upon a beach; alone *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **determine** | infinitive | | flag's meaning | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic | | 4 | **mean** | | flag | | | | | | nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} That swimming is too dangerous ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:e3:o1:1 # text = That swimming is too dangerous 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 swimming swimming NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that swimming | | | | | dangerous *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} That lifeguards are present all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:e3:o2:1 # text = That lifeguards are present all day 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 lifeguards lifeguard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that lifeguards | | | | day | present *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} That surfing is permitted but not swimming ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:e3:o3:1 # text = That surfing is permitted but not swimming 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 surfing surfing 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 permitted permit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 swimming swim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **permit** | present · passive | | that surfing | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **not** **swim** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} That the swimming area lies before it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:e3:o4:1 # text = That the swimming area lies before it 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 swimming swimming NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 area area NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | present | that swimming area | | | it | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before it=Location | **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. 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