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title: «my brother says we're made of 100 cells, like big lego bricks» What… — The microscopic world: cells, the buil… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 1 · The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life

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«my brother says we're made of 100 cells, like big lego bricks» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother · **What happens:** say, make, be · **To what, where:** we · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 256 «The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life» of the biology 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/biology/256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:t1:1
# text = «my brother says we're made of 100 cells, like big lego bricks» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	lego	lego	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	bricks	brick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | we |  |  |  | of 100 cells | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, about 30 trillion or more, far too small to see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:t1:o1:1
# text = No, about 30 trillion or more, far too small to see
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	compound	_	_
5	trillion	trillion	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, just one giant cell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:t1:o2:1
# text = No, just one giant cell
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, about a hundred big ones that you could count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, about a hundred big ones that you could count
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | could | hundred big ones |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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No, people are made of atoms, not cells, so we have none

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:t1:o4:1
# text = No, people are made of atoms, not cells, so we have none
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	atoms	atom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
15	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | people |  |  |  | of atoms and cells | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **have** | present | we | none |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient |

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