--- title: Identify the principal reason for which a short swim parallel to the… — Thinking like a lifeguard · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which a short swim parallel to the shore is effective in escaping a rip. Exam question 2 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 choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety/e2/) [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/) / [Thinking like a lifeguard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Thinking like a lifeguard Identify the principal reason for which a short swim parallel to the shore is effective in escaping a rip. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, swim parallel · **What happens:** identify, be, escape · **To what, where:** principal reason, rip This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which a short swim parallel to the shore is effective in escaping a rip. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 swim swim NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 parallel parallel NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 effective effective ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 acl _ _ 16 in in SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 escaping escape VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 rip rip NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | a swim parallel to the shore | | | | | for the principal reason; effective *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **escape** | gerund | a swim parallel to the shore *not said here* | a rip | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rip=Initial\_Location | 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} Lifeguards pull swimmers who swim sideways ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e2:o1:1 # text = Lifeguards pull swimmers who swim sideways 1 Lifeguards lifeguard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pull pull VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 swimmers swimmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 swim swim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 sideways sideways ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | present | Lifeguards | swimmers | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swimmer=Theme | | 2 | **swim** | present | swimmers | | | | | sideways *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Most rips are narrow ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e2:o2:1 # text = Most rips are narrow 1 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 amod _ _ 2 rips rip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Most rips | | | | | narrow *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The sea is shallower along the shore ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e2:o3:1 # text = The sea is shallower along the shore 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 shallower shallow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 along along ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the sea | | | | | along the shore; shallow *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Rips weaken when swimmers turn sideways ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e2:o4:1 # text = Rips weaken when swimmers turn sideways 1 Rips rip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 weaken weaken VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 swimmers swimmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 sideways sideways ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weaken** | present | Rips | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **turn** | present | swimmers | | | | | sideways *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | **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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