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title: Whereas a pet has fallen into a canal, determine the conduct appropr… — Swimming and cycling · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a pet has fallen into a canal, determine the conduct appropriate for a child upon the bank. Exam question 4 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 choice was right
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# Exam question 4 · Swimming and cycling

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Whereas a pet has fallen into a canal, determine the conduct appropriate for a child upon the bank.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pet, you · **What happens:** fall, determine · **To what, where:** canal, conduct

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:e4:1
# text = Whereas a pet has fallen into a canal, determine the conduct appropriate for a child upon the bank.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	canal	canal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
10	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present · perfect | a pet |  |  |  |  | into a canal *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into canal=Result |
| 2 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct |  |  |  | appropriate *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |

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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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To summon help and to reach or throw from the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:e4:o1:1
# text = To summon help and to reach or throw from the bank
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	summon	summon	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	reach	reach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | to-infinitive |  | help |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Recipient |
| 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **throw** | infinitive |  |  |  | the bank |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from bank=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To wade into the canal up to the chest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:e4:o2:1
# text = To wade into the canal up to the chest
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wade	wade	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	canal	canal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wade up** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the canal |  | to the chest | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into canal=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To enter the water and retrieve the animal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:e4:o3:1
# text = To enter the water and retrieve the animal
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	enter	enter	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	retrieve	retrieve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | to-infinitive |  | the water |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Destination |
| 2 | **retrieve** | infinitive |  | the animal |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To leap into the water from a height to reach the animal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:e4:o4:1
# text = To leap into the water from a height to reach the animal
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	leap	leap	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leap** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the water |  | from a height | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into water=Destination |
| 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive |  | the animal |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent animal=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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