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title: It being given that children are in or near water, select the arrang… — Pools, lakes and ice · tree and pragmatics
description: It being given that children are in or near water, select the arrangement consistent with established guidance. Exam question 3 of lesson 45 «Pools, lakes and ice» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Exam question 3 · Pools, lakes and ice

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It being given that children are in or near water, select the arrangement consistent with established guidance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** children · **What happens:** give, be, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, water, arrangement

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 45 «Pools, lakes and ice» 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/45-pools-lakes-and-ice/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:e3:1
# text = It being given that children are in or near water, select the arrangement consistent with established guidance.
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	_	10	mark	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	conj	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **is** | present | children |  |  | water |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **select** | infinitive |  | the arrangement |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrangement=Theme |
| 4 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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 grown-up must watch them at all times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:e3:o1:1
# text = A grown-up must watch them at all times
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** | must | a grown up | them *= they* |  |  | time |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No supervision is required in a shallow pool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:e3:o2:1
# text = No supervision is required in a shallow pool
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	supervision	supervision	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	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | no supervision |  | a shallow pool |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A grown-up need watch only when they are in deep water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:e3:o3:1
# text = A grown-up need watch only when they are in deep water
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | present |  | watch |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot watch=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | they |  |  | deep water |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Older children may supervise younger ones alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:e3:o4:1
# text = Older children may supervise younger ones alone
1	Older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	supervise	supervise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **supervise** | may | Older children | younger ones |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality |

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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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