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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the formation of a rip current? Exam question 1 of lesson 50 «Thinking like a lifeguard» 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 wron
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# Exam question 1 · Thinking like a lifeguard

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the formation of a rip current?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** formation

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 50 «Thinking like a lifeguard» 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/50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the formation of a rip current?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	formation	formation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	rip	rip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	current	current	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the formation of a rip current |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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Fish swimming together create a strong current

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e1:o1:1
# text = Fish swimming together create a strong current
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	create	create	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	current	current	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | gerund | Fish *not said here* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **create** | present | Fish | a strong current |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent current=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The tide draws water down towards the sea bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e1:o2:1
# text = The tide draws water down towards the sea bed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	draws	draw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw down** | present | the tide | water |  | the sea bed |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme towards bed=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Wind blowing from the land pulls water out evenly along the whole length of the shore

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e1:o3:1
# text = Wind blowing from the land pulls water out evenly along the whole length of the shore
1	Wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	pulls	pull	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	evenly	evenly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	along	along	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | gerund | Wind *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from the land | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from land=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **pull out** | present | Wind | water |  |  |  | along the whole length of the shore; evenly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Water pushed ashore by waves rushes back out to sea through a narrow gap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e1:o4:1
# text = Water pushed ashore by waves rushes back out to sea through a narrow gap
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	pushed	push	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	ashore	ashore	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:agent	_	_
6	rushes	rush	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | participle |  | Water *not said here* |  |  |  | ashore *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **rush** | present | Water |  |  | a narrow gap |  | to sea *result*; out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to sea=Result |

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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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