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title: Pursuant to the advice of the RNLI, ascertain the recommended action… — Swimming and cycling · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to the advice of the RNLI, ascertain the recommended action upon an unexpected immersion in cold water. Exam question 3 of lesson 42 «Swimming and cycling» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Exam question 3 · Swimming and cycling

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Pursuant to the advice of the RNLI, ascertain the recommended action upon an unexpected immersion in cold water.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** ascertain, recommend · **To what, where:** recommended action

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 42 «Swimming and cycling» of the medicine 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/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:e3:1
# text = Pursuant to the advice of the RNLI, ascertain the recommended action upon an unexpected immersion in cold water.
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	RNLI	RNLI	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	unexpected	unexpected	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	immersion	immersion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | present |  | the recommended action |  |  |  | to the advice of the RNLI; upon a unexpected immersion in cold water; pursuant *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Topic |
| 2 | **recommend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 swim with maximum effort towards the shore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:e3:o1:1
# text = To swim with maximum effort towards the shore
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	swim	swim	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	maximum	maximum	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the shore |  | with maximum effort | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards shore=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To remove all clothing immediately in the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:e3:o2:1
# text = To remove all clothing immediately in the water
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remove	remove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	clothing	clothing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | to-infinitive |  | all clothing |  | the water |  | immediately *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothing=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To submerge the head repeatedly to adjust to the cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:e3:o3:1
# text = To submerge the head repeatedly to adjust to the cold
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	submerge	submerge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	adjust	adjust	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **submerge** | to-infinitive |  | the head |  |  |  | repeatedly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent head=Patient |
| 2 | **adjust** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to the cold *goal* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent to cold=Goal |

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

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To lean back and float until breathing is controlled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:e3:o4:1
# text = To lean back and float until breathing is controlled
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lean	lean	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	float	float	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	breathing	breathing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	controlled	control	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lean back** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **float** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **control** | present · passive |  | breathing |  |  |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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