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title: Select the response that is consistent with established guidance whe… — Thinking like a lifeguard · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that is consistent with established guidance where thunder is audible. Exam question 4 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 right.
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# Exam question 4 · Thinking like a lifeguard

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Select the response that is consistent with established guidance where thunder is audible.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response, thunder · **What happens:** select, be, establish · **To what, where:** response

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with established guidance where thunder is audible.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
11	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	audible	audible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with established guidance; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **is** | present | thunder |  |  |  |  | audible *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The person is close enough to be struck and should go indoors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e4:o1:1
# text = The person is close enough to be struck and should go indoors
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the person |  |  |  |  | close, enough *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **strike** | to-infinitive · passive | the person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V» |
| 3 | **go** | should | the person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | indoors *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The person is safe provided it is not raining

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e4:o2:1
# text = The person is safe provided it is not raining
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	provided	provide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	raining	rain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | present · passive |  | the person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **rain** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The person should lie down in an open field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e4:o3:1
# text = The person should lie down in an open field
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	lie	lie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** | should | the person |  |  | a open field |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in field=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The person should shelter beneath the tallest tree that is near at hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:e4:o4:1
# text = The person should shelter beneath the tallest tree that is near at hand
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	shelter	shelter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	tallest	tall	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	near	near	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shelter** | should | the person |  |  | the tallest tree |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath tree=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | the tallest tree |  |  | hand |  | near *property* | 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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