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description: It is given that a companion has fallen through ice. State the appropriate course of action. Exam question 2 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 each option; Mova's choice
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# Exam question 2 · Ice on ponds and cold water in winter

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It is given that a companion has fallen through ice. State the appropriate course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** companion · **What happens:** give, fall · **To what, where:** It, ice

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a companion has fallen through ice.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:e2:1
# text = It is given that a companion has fallen through ice.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | present · perfect | a companion |  |  | ice |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through ice=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* State the appropriate course of action.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:e2:2
# text = State the appropriate course of action.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Remain upon the bank, summon assistance and reach or throw from safety

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:e2:o1:1
# text = Remain upon the bank, summon assistance and reach or throw from safety
1	Remain	remain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	summon	summon	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	reach	reach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the bank and summon assistance |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon bank=Location |
| 2 | **reach** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **throw** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | safety |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from safety=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Depart the scene without informing any person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:e2:o2:1
# text = Depart the scene without informing any person
1	Depart	depart	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	informing	inform	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depart** | imperative | you *not said here* | the scene |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme scene=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | gerund | you *not said here* |  | any person |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Proceed onto the ice to effect a rescue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:e2:o3:1
# text = Proceed onto the ice to effect a rescue
1	Proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | imperative | you *not said here* | a rescue |  | the ice |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Enter the water to provide warmth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:e2:o4:1
# text = Enter the water to provide warmth
1	Enter	enter	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	provide	provide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | imperative | you *not said here* | the water |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Destination |
| 2 | **provide** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | warmth |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition warmth=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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