--- title: Identify the principal reason for which damp sand is preferred to dr… — Console games, building, crafts, music… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which damp sand is preferred to dry sand for building sandcastles. Exam question 2 of lesson 303 «Console games, building, crafts, music and ball games» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music/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/) / [Console games, building, crafts, music…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Console games, building, crafts, music and ball games Identify the principal reason for which damp sand is preferred to dry sand for building sandcastles. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, prefer, dry · **To what, where:** principal reason, damp sand, sand This is exam question 2 of lesson 303 «Console games, building, crafts, music and ball games» 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/303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which damp sand is preferred to dry sand for building sandcastles. 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 10 obl _ _ 7 damp damp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 preferred prefer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 dry dry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 13 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 building building NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 sandcastles sandcastle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . 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 | **prefer** | present · passive | | damp sand | | | | for the principal reason | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus for which=Attribute | | 3 | **dry** | to-infinitive | | sand | | | | for building sandcastles | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient sand=Result | 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 {#o1} Dry sand is prohibited on beaches ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music:e2:o1:1 # text = Dry sand is prohibited on beaches 1 Dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 prohibited prohibit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 beaches beach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive | | Dry sand | | beaches | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Dry sand is much heavier to carry ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music:e2:o2:1 # text = Dry sand is much heavier to carry 1 Dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Dry sand | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive | Dry sand *not said here* | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wet sand is much warmer to touch ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music:e2:o3:1 # text = Wet sand is much warmer to touch 1 Wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 warmer warm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Wet sand | | | | | warm *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **touch** | to-infinitive | Wet sand *not said here* | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Wet sand holds its shape better ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music:e2:o4:1 # text = Wet sand holds its shape better 1 Wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present | Wet sand | sand's shape | | | | well *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme | **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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