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description: Identify the principal reason for which dead branches ought not to bear the weight of a climber. Exam question 2 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 choice was
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# Exam question 2 · Climbing trees and playgrounds

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Identify the principal reason for which dead branches ought not to bear the weight of a climber.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, dead branches · **What happens:** identify, not bear · **To what, where:** principal reason, weight

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which dead branches ought not to bear the weight of a climber.
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	12	obl	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
9	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	climber	climber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 | **not** **bear** | ought | dead branches | the weight of a climber |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer weight=Stimulus for which=Attribute |

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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 {#o1}

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Being green, they are excessively slippery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:e2:o1:1
# text = Being green, they are excessively slippery
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	excessively	excessively	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	slippery	slippery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | green *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | excessively, slippery *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Being heavy, they bend the tree towards the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:e2:o2:1
# text = Being heavy, they bend the tree towards the ground
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bend	bend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bend** | present | they | the tree |  |  |  | towards the ground | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent tree=Material |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Being dry and brittle, they are liable to snap without warning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:e2:o3:1
# text = Being dry and brittle, they are liable to snap without warning
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	brittle	brittle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	liable	liable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	snap	snap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
11	without	without	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | dry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | liable *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **snap** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | without warning | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Being thick, they cannot be grasped by the hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:e2:o4:1
# text = Being thick, they cannot be grasped by the hand
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	grasped	grasp	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | thick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **grasp** | can · passive | the hand | they |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |

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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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