--- title: Identify the principal reason for which sledding should cease when i… — Rackets, running with things in your m… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which sledding should cease when it becomes dark. Exam question 2 of lesson 328 «Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or soccer, offside, goals, sledding, practice and shared gear» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/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/) / [Rackets, running with things in your m…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or so… Identify the principal reason for which sledding should cease when it becomes dark. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, sledding · **What happens:** identify, cease, become · **To what, where:** principal reason This is exam question 2 of lesson 328 «Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or soccer, offside, goals, sledding, practice and shared gear» 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/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which sledding should cease when it becomes dark. 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 9 obl _ _ 7 sledding sledding NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 cease cease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 13 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . 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 | **cease** | should | sledding | | | | | for the principal reason | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **become** | present | sledding | | | | | dark *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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} Obstacles can no longer be seen ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:e2:o1:1 # text = Obstacles can no longer be seen 1 Obstacles obstacle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 no no ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | can · passive | | Obstacles | | | | long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} The snow melts at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:e2:o2:1 # text = The snow melts at night 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 melts melt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | present | the snow | | | | night | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Sleds cannot slide in the cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:e2:o3:1 # text = Sleds cannot slide in the cold 1 Sleds sled NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 slide slide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **slide** | can | Sleds | | | the cold | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cold=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} Hills are closed at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:e2:o4:1 # text = Hills are closed at night 1 Hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | present · passive | | Hills | | | night | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | **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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