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title: Identify the recommendation of the Royal Society for the Prevention… — Ice on ponds and cold water in winter · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the recommendation of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents in respect of ice upon inland waters. Exam question 1 of lesson 74 «Ice on ponds and cold water in winter» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 1 · Ice on ponds and cold water in winter

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Identify the recommendation of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents in respect of ice upon inland waters.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, recommend, respect · **To what, where:** recommendation, respect, Royal Society, ice

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 74 «Ice on ponds and cold water in winter» 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/74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:e1:1
# text = Identify the recommendation of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents in respect of ice upon inland waters.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	recommendation	recommendation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Royal	Royal	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Society	Society	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Prevention	Prevention	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Accidents	Accident	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	inland	inland	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 recommendation of the Royal Society |  | respect of ice upon inland waters |  | for the Prevention of Accidents | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent recommendation=Theme |
| 2 | **recommend** |  |  | the Royal Society |  |  |  |  | nom recommendation «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | ice upon inland waters |  |  |  |  | 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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Ice may be crossed in the month of January

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:e1:o1:1
# text = Ice may be crossed in the month of January
1	Ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	crossed	cross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | may · passive |  | Ice |  |  | month |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ice may be crossed if it supports a stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:e1:o2:1
# text = Ice may be crossed if it supports a stone
1	Ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	crossed	cross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	supports	support	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | may · passive |  | Ice |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **support** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Ice | a stone |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stone=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ice may be crossed in pairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:e1:o3:1
# text = Ice may be crossed in pairs
1	Ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	crossed	cross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pairs	pair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | may · passive |  | Ice |  |  |  | in pairs | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in pair=Topic |

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

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No person is to venture onto such ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:e1:o4:1
# text = No person is to venture onto such ice
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	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	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	venture	venture	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | no person |  |  | such ice |  | venture *property* | tree rules |

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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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