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title: Why do climbers wear gloves when a rope runs through their hands? — Friction: the grip that stops and helps · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do climbers wear gloves when a rope runs through their hands? Test 3 of lesson 6 «Friction: the grip that stops and helps» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 3 · Friction: the grip that stops and helps

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Why do climbers wear gloves when a rope runs through their hands?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** climbers, rope · **What happens:** wear, run · **To what, where:** gloves, hands

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This is test 3 of lesson 6 «Friction: the grip that stops and helps» of the physics 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/physics/6-friction-the-grip/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:6-friction-the-grip:t3:1
# text = Why do climbers wear gloves when a rope runs through their hands?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	climbers	climber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present · do-support | climbers | gloves |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent glove=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | present | a rope |  |  | climbers's hands |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through hand=Trajectory |

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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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Gloves stop the rope getting wet from sweat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:6-friction-the-grip:t3:o1:1
# text = Gloves stop the rope getting wet from sweat
1	Gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
6	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sweat	sweat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | Gloves | the rope |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | gerund | Gloves *not said here* |  |  | sweat |  | wet *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from sweat=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A fast rope can burn the skin by friction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:6-friction-the-grip:t3:o2:1
# text = A fast rope can burn the skin by friction
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	friction	friction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | can | a fast rope | the skin |  |  |  | by friction | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Gloves make the rope lighter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:6-friction-the-grip:t3:o3:1
# text = Gloves make the rope lighter
1	Gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	lighter	light	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Gloves | the rope |  |  |  | light *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material rope=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ropes are too cold to touch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:6-friction-the-grip:t3:o4:1
# text = Ropes are too cold to touch
1	Ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ropes |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **touch** | to-infinitive | Ropes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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