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description: Identify the principal purpose of a warm-up undertaken prior to vigorous exercise. Exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Skating and sports safety» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Skating and sports safety

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Identify the principal purpose of a warm-up undertaken prior to vigorous exercise.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, warm undertaken vigorous exercise · **What happens:** identify, purpose · **To what, where:** principal purpose

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Skating and sports safety» 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/6-skating-and-sports-safety/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:6-skating-and-sports-safety:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of a warm-up undertaken prior to vigorous exercise.
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	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
7	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
10	undertaken	undertaken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
11	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	14	case	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	vigorous	vigorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	exercise	exercise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal purpose of a warm undertaken vigorous exercise |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | a warm undertaken vigorous exercise |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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To ensure that no water need be consumed during the game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:6-skating-and-sports-safety:e1:o1:1
# text = To ensure that no water need be consumed during the game
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ensure	ensure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	need	need	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ensure** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme |
| 2 | **consume** | present · passive |  | no water |  |  | during the game |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To exhaust the muscles before the commencement of the game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:6-skating-and-sports-safety:e1:o2:1
# text = To exhaust the muscles before the commencement of the game
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	exhaust	exhaust	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	commencement	commencement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhaust** | to-infinitive |  | the muscles |  |  | before the commencement of the game |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus muscle=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To render the muscles warmer and readier for exertion, thereby diminishing the risk of strain

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:6-skating-and-sports-safety:e1:o3:1
# text = To render the muscles warmer and readier for exertion, thereby diminishing the risk of strain
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	render	render	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	readier	ready	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	exertion	exertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	diminishing	diminish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	risk	risk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	strain	strain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | to-infinitive |  | the muscles |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent muscle=Theme |
| 2 | **diminish** | gerund |  | the risk of strain |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer risk=Patient |
| 3 | **risk** |  |  | strain |  |  |  |  | nom risk «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To render protective equipment unnecessary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:6-skating-and-sports-safety:e1:o4:1
# text = To render protective equipment unnecessary
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	render	render	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	protective	protective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	equipment	equipment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | to-infinitive |  | protective equipment |  |  |  | unnecessary *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent equipment=Theme |

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