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title: It being given that a lost child must sit upon cold ground, select t… — Lost outdoors · tree and pragmatics
description: It being given that a lost child must sit upon cold ground, select the measure consistent with established guidance. Exam question 3 of lesson 49 «Lost 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
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# Exam question 3 · Lost outdoors

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It being given that a lost child must sit upon cold ground, select the measure consistent with established guidance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lost child · **What happens:** give, lose, sit, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, cold ground, measure

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 49 «Lost 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/49-lost-outdoors/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:49-lost-outdoors:e3:1
# text = It being given that a lost child must sit upon cold ground, select the measure 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	_	9	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sit** | must | a lost child |  |  | cold ground |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon ground=Location |
| 4 | **select** | infinitive | a lost child *not said here* | the measure |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme |
| 5 | **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 {#o1}

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To lie directly upon the wet earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:49-lost-outdoors:e3:o1:1
# text = To lie directly upon the wet earth
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lie	lie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the wet earth |  | directly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon earth=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To sit upon branches or a bag so as to remain warmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:49-lost-outdoors:e3:o2:1
# text = To sit upon branches or a bag so as to remain warmer
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
12	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | branches or a bag |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon branch=Location |
| 2 | **remain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To dig a hole and sit within it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:49-lost-outdoors:e3:o3:1
# text = To dig a hole and sit within it
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dig	dig	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | to-infinitive |  | a hole |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme |
| 2 | **sit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | within hole | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To remove the coat so as to sit upon it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:49-lost-outdoors:e3:o4:1
# text = To remove the coat so as to sit upon it
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remove	remove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | to-infinitive |  | the coat |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme |
| 2 | **sit** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | coat |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon it=Location |

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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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