--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lak… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the behaviour of a person who is drowning? Exam question 2 of lesson 71 «Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lak…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the behaviour of a person who is drowning? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** person · **What happens:** follow, characteris, drown · **To what, where:** behaviour This is exam question 2 of lesson 71 «Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries» 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/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the behaviour of a person who is drowning? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 behaviour behaviour NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 drowning drown VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the behaviour of a person | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **drown** | present · progressive | a person | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} The person is frequently silent and unable to call for assistance ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:e2:o1:1 # text = The person is frequently silent and unable to call for assistance 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 frequently frequently ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the person | | | | | frequently, silent *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the person *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **call** | to-infinitive | the person *not said here* | | | | | for assistance | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for assistance=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The person is readily identifiable by splashing ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:e2:o2:1 # text = The person is readily identifiable by splashing 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 readily readily ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 identifiable identifiable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 by by SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 splashing splash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the person | | | | | identifiable, readily *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **splash** | gerund | the person *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The person swims rapidly towards the shore ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:e2:o3:1 # text = The person swims rapidly towards the shore 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 swims swim VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 rapidly rapidly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 towards towards ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | present | the person | | | the shore | | rapidly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards shore=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} The person invariably screams and waves ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:e2:o4:1 # text = The person invariably screams and waves 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 invariably invariably ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 screams scream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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