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title: Pursuant to the advice of RoSPA, identify the appropriate conduct in… — Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to the advice of RoSPA, identify the appropriate conduct in respect of frozen ponds and lakes. Exam question 4 of lesson 44 «Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 4 · Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pursuant to the advice of RoSPA, identify the appropriate conduct in respect of frozen ponds and lakes.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, freeze, respect · **To what, where:** appropriate conduct, respect, frozen ponds

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 44 «Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating» 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/44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:e4:1
# text = Pursuant to the advice of RoSPA, identify the appropriate conduct in respect of frozen ponds and lakes.
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	8	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	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	RoSPA	RoSPA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	ponds	pond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 appropriate conduct |  | respect of frozen ponds and lakes |  | pursuant *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme |
| 2 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | frozen ponds and lakes |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition 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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They may be used if a friend is present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:e4:o1:1
# text = They may be used if a friend is present
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | may · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a friend |  |  |  |  | present *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They may be used once tested by another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:e4:o2:1
# text = They may be used once tested by another
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
6	tested	test	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | may · passive |  | They |  |  |  | once *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **test** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by another | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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They are never to be walked or skated upon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:e4:o3:1
# text = They are never to be walked or skated upon
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	walked	walk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	skated	skate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **walk** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory |
| 2 | **skate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They may be used after a week of frost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:e4:o4:1
# text = They may be used after a week of frost
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | may · passive |  | They |  |  | week |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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