--- title: Why should wet gloves be swapped for dry ones in the snow? — Snow, ice and strong sun · tree and pragmatics description: Why should wet gloves be swapped for dry ones in the snow? Test 16 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/t16/) [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/) / [Snow, ice and strong sun](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★★ · Snow, ice and strong sun Why should wet gloves be swapped for dry ones in the snow? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** wet, swap · **To what, where:** gloves This is test 16 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» 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/234-snow-ice-and-sun/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t16:1 # text = Why should wet gloves be swapped for dry ones in the snow? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 wet wet VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 swapped swap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wet** | should | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **swap** | infinitive · passive | | gloves | | | | for dry ones in the snow | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: subject=Theme for one=Co-Theme | 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} Dry gloves look much better ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t16:o1:1 # text = Dry gloves look much better 1 Dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | Dry gloves | | | | | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Wet hands freeze faster and can get frostbite ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t16:o2:1 # text = Wet hands freeze faster and can get frostbite 1 Wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 freeze freeze VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 frostbite frostbite NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | present | Wet hands | | | | | fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **get** | can | Wet hands *not said here* | frostbite | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer frostbite=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wet gloves shrink in the cold until they no longer fit ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t16:o3:1 # text = Wet gloves shrink in the cold until they no longer fit 1 Wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shrink shrink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 until until ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 no no ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 obl _ _ 11 fit fit PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shrink** | present | Wet gloves | | | the cold | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Snow sticks better to dry gloves, so snowballs are easier to make ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t16:o4:1 # text = Snow sticks better to dry gloves, so snowballs are easier to make 1 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sticks stick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 dry dry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 6 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 snowballs snowball NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 parataxis _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** | present | Snow | | | | | good *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **dry** | to-infinitive | Snow *not said here* | gloves | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient glove=Result | | 3 | **is** | present | snowballs | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | snowballs *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | **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. - ← previous: [Snow, ice and strong sun, test 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/t15/) - next →: [Snow, ice and strong sun, test 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/t17/) - ↑ back to [Snow, ice and strong sun](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/)