--- title: Identify the principal reason for which ice affords so little grip t… — Reasoning about the body moving in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which ice affords so little grip to footwear. Exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Reasoning about the body moving in the world» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was r --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body/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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Reasoning about the body moving in the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Reasoning about the body moving in the world Identify the principal reason for which ice affords so little grip to footwear. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, ice · **What happens:** identify, afford · **To what, where:** principal reason, little grip This is exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Reasoning about the body moving in the world» of the everyday 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/everyday/10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which ice affords so little grip to footwear. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 7 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 affords afford VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 grip grip NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 footwear footwear NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **afford** | present | ice | little grip | | | | for the principal reason; to footwear | tree rules | 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} Its surface bears an exceedingly thin and slippery layer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:e2:o1:1 # text = Its surface bears an exceedingly thin and slippery layer 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 5 exceedingly exceedingly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 slippery slippery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 layer layer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} It attracts the soles of shoes by magnetism ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:e2:o2:1 # text = It attracts the soles of shoes by magnetism 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 attracts attract VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 soles sole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 magnetism magnetism NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attract** | present | It | the soles of shoes | | | | by magnetism | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sole=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is warmer than the air above it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:e2:o3:1 # text = It is warmer than the air above it 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 warmer warm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 above above ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | than the air above air; warm *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Its surface is excessively rough, uneven and full of sharp points ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:e2:o4:1 # text = Its surface is excessively rough, uneven and full of sharp points 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 excessively excessively ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 uneven uneven ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 points point NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Its surface | | | | | excessively, rough *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Its surface *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | Its surface *not said here* | | | | | of sharp points | tree rules | **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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