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title: why do we land with bent knees off the climbing wall — Reasoning about the body moving in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: why do we land with bent knees off the climbing wall Test 17 · ★★★ 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 right.
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# Test 17 · ★★★ · Reasoning about the body moving in the world

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why do we land with bent knees off the climbing wall

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** land

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This is test 17 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Reasoning about the body moving in the world» of the everyday 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/everyday/10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t17:1
# text = why do we land with bent knees off the climbing wall
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	land	land	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	bent	bent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	climbing	climbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | present · do-support | we |  |  |  |  | with bent knees; off the climbing wall | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Bent knees spread the force and protect you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t17:o1:1
# text = Bent knees spread the force and protect you
1	Bent	bent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spread	spread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | present | Bent knees | the force |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location force=Theme |
| 2 | **protect** | infinitive | Bent knees *not said here* |  | you |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bent knees make you bounce back up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t17:o2:1
# text = Bent knees make you bounce back up
1	Bent	bent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	bounce	bounce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	up	up	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Bent knees | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bounce back** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is only how the teachers like it, for no reason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t17:o3:1
# text = It is only how the teachers like it, for no reason
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the teachers and no reason |  |  |  | like it | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Straight knees are too slow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t17:o4:1
# text = Straight knees are too slow
1	Straight	straight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Straight knees |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |

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