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title: Identify the principal reason for which scarves and cords are remove… — Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which scarves and cords are removed before using a climbing frame. Exam question 2 of lesson 299 «Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Exam question 2 · Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking

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Identify the principal reason for which scarves and cords are removed before using a climbing frame.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, remove, use · **To what, where:** principal reason, scarves, climbing frame

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 299 «Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking» 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/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which scarves and cords are removed before using a climbing frame.
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	11	obl	_	_
7	scarves	scarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	climbing	climbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	frame	frame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **remove** | present · passive |  | scarves and cords |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **use** | gerund |  | a climbing frame |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frame=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They may catch and strangle a child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:e2:o1:1
# text = They may catch and strangle a child
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	strangle	strangle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | may | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **strangle** | infinitive | They *not said here* | a child |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are prohibited by park rules for appearance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:e2:o2:1
# text = They are prohibited by park rules for appearance
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive | park rules | They |  |  |  | for appearance | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They become dirty upon the equipment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:e2:o3:1
# text = They become dirty upon the equipment
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	equipment	equipment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | They |  |  |  |  | dirty *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They slow the child's climbing considerably

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:e2:o4:1
# text = They slow the child's climbing considerably
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slow	slow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	climbing	climbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	considerably	considerably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slow** | present | They | the child's climbing |  |  |  | considerably *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent climbing=Patient |
| 2 | **climb** |  | the child |  |  |  |  |  | nom climbing «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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