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title: The cold water shock gasping lasts about 90 seconds. What should Ror… — Ice on ponds and cold water in winter · tree and pragmatics
description: The cold water shock gasping lasts about 90 seconds. What should Rory do during it? Test 4 · ★★ 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 was wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Ice on ponds and cold water in winter

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The cold water shock gasping lasts about 90 seconds. What should Rory do during it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rory · **What happens:** gasp, last, do · **To what, where:** cold water shock

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 74 «Ice on ponds and cold water in winter» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The cold water shock gasping lasts about 90 seconds.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t4:1
# text = The cold water shock gasping lasts about 90 seconds.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	gasping	gasp	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lasts	last	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	90	90	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gasp** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **last** | present |  | the cold water shock *not said here* |  |  | second |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme shock=Value |

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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:* What should Rory do during it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t4:2
# text = What should Rory do during it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Rory	Rory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | Rory |  |  |  | during shock |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Wait quietly on the bank until it's all over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t4:o1:1
# text = Wait quietly on the bank until it's all over
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	over	over	ADV	RB	_	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the bank |  | quietly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bank=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | bank |  |  |  |  | all, over *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Step onto the ice to listen for Fionn better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t4:o2:1
# text = Step onto the ice to listen for Fionn better
1	Step	step	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the ice |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto ice=Trajectory |
| 2 | **listen** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for Fionn; good *property* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for fionn=Theme |

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

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Keep shouting to Fionn while he calls 999

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t4:o3:1
# text = Keep shouting to Fionn while he calls 999
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	999	999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | you *not said here* |  | Fionn |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to fionn=Recipient |
| 3 | **call** | present | Fionn | 999 |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Go home quickly and get a towel and blanket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:74-ice-on-ponds-and-cold-water-in-winter:t4:o4:1
# text = Go home quickly and get a towel and blanket
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	blanket	blanket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home, quickly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a towel and blanket |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer towel=Stimulus |

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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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