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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the consumption of food prior to swimming. Exam question 2 of lesson 5 «Moving, swimming and sport» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 2 · Moving, swimming and sport

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the consumption of food prior to swimming.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, consume · **To what, where:** response, consumption, food

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 5 «Moving, swimming and sport» of the myths 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/myths/5-moving-swimming-and-sport/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:e2:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the consumption of food prior to swimming.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	18	case	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	fixed	_	_
18	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the consumption of food |  |  |  | prior swimming | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus consumption=Experiencer |
| 5 | **consume** |  |  | food |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «act 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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Food consumed prior to swimming invariably produces cramp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:e2:o1:1
# text = Food consumed prior to swimming invariably produces cramp
1	Food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ	5	mark	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	produces	produce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	cramp	cramp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | participle |  | Food *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **swim** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **produce** | present | Food | cramp |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cramp=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A period of one hour must elapse to prevent drowning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:e2:o2:1
# text = A period of one hour must elapse to prevent drowning
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	elapse	elapse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
10	drowning	drowning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elapse** | must | a period of one hour |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **prevent** | to-infinitive | a period of one hour *not said here* | drowning |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer drowning=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Swimming is permissible only upon an empty stomach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:e2:o3:1
# text = Swimming is permissible only upon an empty stomach
1	Swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Swimming |  |  |  |  | upon a empty stomach; permissible *property* | tree rules |

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

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No evidence connects it with drowning; depth, cold and supervision are the principal concerns

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:e2:o4:1
# text = No evidence connects it with drowning; depth, cold and supervision are the principal concerns
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	connects	connect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	drowning	drowning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	depth	depth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	supervision	supervision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	concerns	concern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **connect** | present | no evidence | it |  |  |  | with drowning | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient with drowning=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | depth | the principal concerns |  |  |  |  | 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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