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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principle of three points of contact? Exam question 1 of lesson 4 «Climbing trees and playgrounds» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Exam question 1 · Climbing trees and playgrounds

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principle of three points of contact?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, point · **To what, where:** principle, contact

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 4 «Climbing trees and playgrounds» 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/4-climbing/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principle of three points of contact?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	principle	principle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the principle of three points of contact |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **point** |  |  | contact |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Three limbs are moved together whilst one remains still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:e1:o1:1
# text = Three limbs are moved together whilst one remains still
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	limbs	limb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	obl	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move together** | present · passive |  | Three limbs |  |  |  | whilst one remains; together *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Three persons must be present whenever a tree is climbed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:e1:o2:1
# text = Three persons must be present whenever a tree is climbed
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tree	tree	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	climbed	climb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | Three persons |  |  |  |  | present *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **climb** | present · passive |  | a tree |  |  |  | whenever *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The climber must rest upon three branches simultaneously

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:e1:o3:1
# text = The climber must rest upon three branches simultaneously
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	climber	climber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	simultaneously	simultaneously	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | must | the climber |  |  | three branches |  | simultaneously *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon branch=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Two hands and one foot, or two feet and one hand, remain upon the object being climbed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:e1:o4:1
# text = Two hands and one foot, or two feet and one hand, remain upon the object being climbed
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
14	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	climbed	climb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | Two hands and one foot or two feet and one hand |  |  |  |  | upon the object | tree rules |
| 2 | **climb** | gerund · passive | Two hands and one foot or two feet and one hand *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V» |

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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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