--- title: Sam says it's fine to climb when it's raining, grip's the same. true? — Climbing trees and playgrounds · tree and pragmatics description: Sam says it's fine to climb when it's raining, grip's the same. true? Test 16 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t16/) [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/) / [Climbing trees and playgrounds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/) / t16 # Test 16 · Climbing trees and playgrounds Sam says it's fine to climb when it's raining, grip's the same. true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sam, it, grip · **What happens:** say, be, climb, rain · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 16 of lesson 4 «Climbing trees and playgrounds» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:t16:1 # text = Sam says it's fine to climb when it's raining, grip's the same. true? 1 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 csubj _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 raining rain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 grip grip NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 18 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Sam | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **climb** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **rain** | present · progressive | it | | | | | | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | | 5 | **is** | present | grip | | | | | same *property* | tree rules | 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} No, wet branches and bars are slippery ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:t16:o1:1 # text = No, wet branches and bars are slippery 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 bars bar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 slippery slippery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | wet branches and bars | | | | | slippery *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, if you wear thick socks over your shoes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:t16:o2:1 # text = Yes, if you wear thick socks over your shoes 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wear wear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 socks sock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 over over ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | present | you | thick socks | | your shoes | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sock=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, rain makes them sticky ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:t16:o3:1 # text = Yes, rain makes them sticky 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 sticky sticky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | rain | them *= they* | | | | sticky *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, wet wood holds better ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:t16:o4:1 # text = Yes, wet wood holds better 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present | wet wood | | | | | good *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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