--- title: Climbing trees and playgrounds — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 4 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 14 of 19 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/4-climbing/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/) / 4 # Climbing trees and playgrounds **Tests:** 14 of 19 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 8 of 23 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 4 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/4-climbing/). Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/). ### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1} A boy in Florida reaches for a high branch with both hands while one foot hangs free. What is wrong? - **1.** He should use his teeth too — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** He has only one point of contact left — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Nothing, that is the best way — no support - **4.** He is climbing too slowly — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t1/) ### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2} Ava finds a grey branch with no leaves in summer. Should she stand on it? - **1.** Only if it is high up — no support - **2.** No, it may be dead and could snap — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **3.** Yes, if she jumps on it fast — no support - **4.** Yes, grey branches are the strongest — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 4, line 3: «In a tree, test each branch before you trust it, step close to the trunk where branches are thickest, and stay off dead, dry or cracked branches, which can sna…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dead branches» (+5); the same property (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t2/) ### Test 3 · right ✓ {#t3} Sam climbed easily up a tall tree but is scared to come down. What lesson does this teach? - **1.** Only climb as high as you can climb down — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Trees are easier to climb in the dark — no support - **3.** Never look up while climbing — no support - **4.** Always climb as fast as you can, before you get scared — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t3/) ### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4} Which is true about playground safety? - **1.** Hoodie strings are safe on slides — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Concrete is the best ground under swings — no support - **3.** Helmets make climbing frames safer for everyone — no support - **4.** Bike helmets should come off on climbing frames — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t4/) ### Test 5 · wrong ✗ {#t5} Why do builders and firefighters on ladders also use three points of contact? - **1.** So they can carry two buckets — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** So they still hold on if one hand or foot slips — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** It is only a habit with no reason behind it at all — no support - **4.** Because ladders have three legs — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t5/) ### Test 6 · right ✓ {#t6} Where on a tree is a branch usually strongest? - **1.** Close to the trunk — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **2.** On the dead side — score 8 - **3.** Right at the top — no support - **4.** Out at the thin end — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 4, line 11: «Branches are thickest and strongest close to the trunk.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «branches» (+4); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t6/) ### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7} What could happen if a scarf caught on a slide while a child went down? - **1.** The slide would go faster — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The scarf would keep her warm — no support - **3.** It could pull tight around the child's neck — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Nothing, scarves just slip off the slide on their own — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t7/) ### Test 8 · right ✓ {#t8} A girl in Auckland climbs a tree after rain. What should she know? - **1.** The bark and branches may be slippery — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Rain makes the tree shorter — no support - **3.** Wet trees are easier to climb, since bark gets sticky — no support - **4.** Rain makes branches stronger — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t8/) ### Test 9 · right ✓ {#t9} Why is a playground with rubber matting safer than one with concrete? - **1.** A fall onto rubber is softer — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Concrete is too cold to play on — no support - **3.** Rubber stops children from climbing high — no support - **4.** Rubber makes the frames lower — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t9/) ### Test 10 · right ✓ {#t10} up the tree, can i stand on that grey dry branch - **1.** Yes, the thin end is safest — no support - **2.** No, dead branches can snap — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** Yes, dry branches are the strongest — no support - **4.** Yes, if you jump on it first — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 4, line 6: «A boy in New Zealand climbed onto a thin branch high in a tree to reach a ball; the branch snapped and he fell, breaking his leg in two places.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «snap» (+2); the same doer «branch» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t10/) ### Test 11 · right ✓ {#t11} which bit of the branch do i stand on, near trunk or the end - **1.** Near the trunk, it is strongest — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Out at the end, it bends nicely — no support - **3.** Wherever the leaves are thickest — no support - **4.** In the middle of the air — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t11/) ### Test 12 · right ✓ {#t12} still got my bike helmet on, gonna go on the climbing frame - **1.** Keep it on, it is safer there — no support - **2.** Take it off first, the straps can catch — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** Only take it off at the slide — score 7 - **4.** Loosen the strap a bit and keep it on your head — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 4, line 5: «On a playground, take off your bike helmet and anything with cords, because they can catch on the equipment; a girl in Melbourne tucks her hoodie strings away…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «bike helmet» (+4); the same action «take off» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t12/) ### Test 13 · right ✓ {#t13} can we climb the big tree near the power lines - **1.** No, stay well away from power lines — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yes, if the wires look old — no support - **3.** Yes, rubber shoes keep you safe — no support - **4.** Yes, if you don't touch the wires with your hands — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t13/) ### Test 14 · right ✓ {#t14} Jake fell outta the tree and isn't moving, what do i do - **1.** Pull him up so he can sit — no support - **2.** Run home and say nothing about it to anyone — no support - **3.** Pour water on his face — no support - **4.** Do not move him; shout for an adult and get help — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 4, line 21: «If someone falls from a height and does not move, do not move them; shout for an adult and get help straight away.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «shout» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t14/) ### Test 15 · right ✓ {#t15} branch is kinda thin but the ball's right there, go for it? - **1.** Yes, if you bounce on it to test it — score 4 - **2.** Yes, if you hold on with one hand — no support - **3.** Yes, if you move very fast — no support - **4.** No, thin branches snap, ask an adult — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 4, line 3: «In a tree, test each branch before you trust it, step close to the trunk where branches are thickest, and stay off dead, dry or cracked branches, which can sna…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dead branches» (+5); the same action «snap» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t15/) ### Test 16 · right ✓ {#t16} Sam says it's fine to climb when it's raining, grip's the same. true? - **1.** No, wet branches and bars are slippery — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yes, if you wear thick socks over your shoes — no support - **3.** Yes, rain makes them sticky — no support - **4.** Yes, wet wood holds better — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t16/) ### Test 17 · right ✓ {#t17} Ethan's sister fell outta the big oak cos the branch snapped, the ambulance came and everything - **1.** The real lesson is to avoid dead or thin branches and keep three points of contact — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** It means oak trees are the only trees that are dangerous — no support - **3.** It proves only girls fall out of trees — no support - **4.** The real lesson is that ambulances come for every tiny fall — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t17/) ### Test 18 · wrong ✗ {#t18} someone said a kid got hanged on the slide by his hoodie string, like for real, at our park - **1.** It means slides are only safe for children with no hoodies at all — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It is surely made up, so drawstrings are always safe — no support - **3.** Whether or not it was our park, drawstrings really can catch, so take them off or tuck them in — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It proves you should wear your bike helmet on the slide — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t18/) ### Test 19 · right ✓ {#t19} Ruby got stuck up the tree and cried till the fire brigade came lol, everyone's gonna know - **1.** Do not spread it; getting stuck can happen to anyone and she was scared — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Spread it, so she learns not to climb ever again — no support - **3.** Spread it, because the fire brigade makes it a great story — no support - **4.** Spread it, but say it was someone else's sister — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t19/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principle of three points of contact? - **1.** Three limbs are moved together whilst one remains still — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Three persons must be present whenever a tree is climbed — no support - **3.** The climber must rest upon three branches simultaneously — no support - **4.** Two hands and one foot, or two feet and one hand, remain upon the object being climbed — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Identify the principal reason for which dead branches ought not to bear the weight of a climber. - **1.** Being green, they are excessively slippery — score 10 - **2.** Being heavy, they bend the tree towards the ground — no support - **3.** Being dry and brittle, they are liable to snap without warning — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12 - **4.** Being thick, they cannot be grasped by the hand — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 4, line 10: «Dead branches are dry and brittle and can snap without warning.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dead branches» (+5); the same circumstance (+4); the same action «snap» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the surface beneath playground climbing equipment. - **1.** Grass is the only surface on which falls cause no injury — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Concrete affords the greatest protection against injury in a fall — no support - **3.** Wood chips, sand or rubber diminish the gravity of injury in a fall, as compared with concrete — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The surface is of no consequence whatever to injury — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} It being given that a bicycle helmet is worn upon arrival at a playground, determine the appropriate course of action. - **1.** The helmet should be worn upon the back by its straps — no support - **2.** The helmet should be fastened more tightly before climbing — no support - **3.** The helmet should be removed prior to play, as its straps may become entangled — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** The helmet should be retained, as it protects the head upon climbing frames — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 4, line 5: «On a playground, take off your bike helmet and anything with cords, because they can catch on the equipment; a girl in Melbourne tucks her hoodie strings away…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «bike helmet» (+4); the same action «take off» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/e4/) - ← previous: [3. Lifting and carrying heavy things](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/) - next →: [5. Riding a bike or a scooter safely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/5-bikes-and-scooters/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)