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title: Identify the conduct appropriate to a person upon a beach who observ… — Tsunamis · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the conduct appropriate to a person upon a beach who observes the sudden withdrawal of the sea. Exam question 2 of lesson 45 «Tsunamis» of the geography 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 2 · Tsunamis

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Identify the conduct appropriate to a person upon a beach who observes the sudden withdrawal of the sea.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, beach · **What happens:** identify, observe, withdraw · **To what, where:** conduct, sudden withdrawal, sea

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 45 «Tsunamis» of the geography 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/geography/45-tsunamis/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:e2:1
# text = Identify the conduct appropriate to a person upon a beach who observes the sudden withdrawal of the sea.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	observes	observe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 conduct |  |  |  | appropriate *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme |
| 2 | **observe** | present | a beach | the sudden withdrawal of the sea |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent withdrawal=Topic |
| 3 | **withdraw** |  |  | the sea |  |  |  |  | nom withdrawal «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Advance onto the exposed sea floor in order to observe it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:e2:o1:1
# text = Advance onto the exposed sea floor in order to observe it
1	Advance	advance	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	exposed	expose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
8	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	fixed	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	observe	observe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **advance** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the exposed sea floor |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme onto floor=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **expose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **observe** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | order |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Continued presence upon the beach until the return of the tide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:e2:o2:1
# text = Continued presence upon the beach until the return of the tide
1	Continued	continue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	until	until	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | participle |  | presence upon the beach |  |  | until the return of the tide |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **return** |  | the tide |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Retreat to the water's edge in order to photograph the event

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:e2:o3:1
# text = Retreat to the water's edge in order to photograph the event
1	Retreat	retreat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
8	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	fixed	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	photograph	photograph	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retreat** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the water's edge |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to edge=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **photograph** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the event |  |  |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Theme |

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

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Immediate removal to high ground or to a location far inland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:e2:o4:1
# text = Immediate removal to high ground or to a location far inland
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	inland	inland	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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