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title: Why do people sprinkle grit or sand on icy paths? — Reasoning about the body moving in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do people sprinkle grit or sand on icy paths? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 6 · ★★★ · Reasoning about the body moving in the world

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Why do people sprinkle grit or sand on icy paths?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** sprinkle · **To what, where:** grit, icy paths

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t6:1
# text = Why do people sprinkle grit or sand on icy paths?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sprinkle	sprinkle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	grit	grit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	icy	icy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	paths	path	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sprinkle** | present · do-support | people | grit or sand |  | icy paths |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent grit=Theme on path=Destination |

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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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It gives shoes more grip on the ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t6:o1:1
# text = It gives shoes more grip on the ice
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	iobj	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	grip	grip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | It | more grip | shoes | the ice |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent shoe=Recipient grip=Theme on ice=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It makes the ice thicker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t6:o2:1
# text = It makes the ice thicker
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	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	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	thicker	thick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the ice |  |  |  | thick *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material ice=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It makes the ice more slippery so it melts away faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t6:o3:1
# text = It makes the ice more slippery so it melts away faster
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	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	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	slippery	slippery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	melts	melt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the ice |  |  |  | slippery *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material ice=Product |
| 2 | **melt away** | present | ice |  |  |  |  | away, fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It makes the path warmer at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t6:o4:1
# text = It makes the path warmer at once
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	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	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the path |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material path=Product |

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