--- title: It being given that a hiker requires assistance, select the recognis… — Hiking and the outdoors · tree and pragmatics description: It being given that a hiker requires assistance, select the recognised whistle signal. Exam question 3 of lesson 47 «Hiking and the outdoors» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/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/) / [Hiking and the outdoors](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Hiking and the outdoors It being given that a hiker requires assistance, select the recognised whistle signal. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hiker · **What happens:** give, require, select, recognise · **To what, where:** It, assistance, recognised whistle signal This is exam question 3 of lesson 47 «Hiking and the outdoors» 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/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:47-hiking-and-the-outdoors:e3:1 # text = It being given that a hiker requires assistance, select the recognised whistle signal. 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 _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hiker hiker NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 requires require VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 select select VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 recognised recognise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 13 whistle whistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 signal signal NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . 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 | **require** | present | a hiker | assistance | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme assistance=Precondition | | 3 | **select** | infinitive | a hiker *not said here* | the recognised whistle signal | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signal=Theme | | 4 | **recognise** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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} Three loud blasts ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:47-hiking-and-the-outdoors:e3:o1:1 # text = Three loud blasts 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 blasts blast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A continuous blast lasting one minute ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:47-hiking-and-the-outdoors:e3:o2:1 # text = A continuous blast lasting one minute 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 continuous continuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 blast blast NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 lasting last VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **last** | gerund | a continuous blast *not said here* | | | | minute | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ten soft blasts ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:47-hiking-and-the-outdoors:e3:o3:1 # text = Ten soft blasts 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 blasts blast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} One short blast ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:47-hiking-and-the-outdoors:e3:o4:1 # text = One short blast 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 blast blast NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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