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title: It being given that sunscreen is employed, select the practice consi… — Sun safety · tree and pragmatics
description: It being given that sunscreen is employed, select the practice consistent with established guidance. Exam question 3 of lesson 46 «Sun safety» 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.
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# Exam question 3 · Sun safety

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It being given that sunscreen is employed, select the practice consistent with established guidance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** give, employ, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, sunscreen, practice

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 46 «Sun safety» 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/46-sun-safety/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:46-sun-safety:e3:1
# text = It being given that sunscreen is employed, select the practice 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	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	sunscreen	sunscreen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **employ** | present · passive |  | that sunscreen |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **select** | infinitive |  | the practice |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent practice=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 {#o1}

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A factor of five, applied once in the morning only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:46-sun-safety:e3:o1:1
# text = A factor of five, applied once in the morning only
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	factor	factor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	applied	apply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | past | a factor of five |  |  |  | morning | once *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Any factor, applied after the skin has burned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:46-sun-safety:e3:o2:1
# text = Any factor, applied after the skin has burned
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	factor	factor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | participle |  | any factor *not said here* |  |  | after the skin |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **burn** | present · perfect · passive |  | any factor |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A factor of at least thirty, reapplied every two hours and after swimming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:46-sun-safety:e3:o3:1
# text = A factor of at least thirty, reapplied every two hours and after swimming
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	factor	factor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	reapplied	reapply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reapply** | past | a factor of thirty at least |  |  |  | hour |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A factor of thirty, applied once a week, which suffices for all outdoor activity

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:46-sun-safety:e3:o4:1
# text = A factor of thirty, applied once a week, which suffices for all outdoor activity
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	factor	factor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	applied	apply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	suffices	suffice	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
15	outdoor	outdoor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | past | a factor of thirty |  |  |  | week | once *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **suffice** | present | a week |  |  |  |  | for all outdoor activity | tree rules |

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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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