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description: You stub your toe: first a sharp «ow!», then a slow dull ache. Why two waves? Test 11 of lesson 260 «The human body deeper: the brain and nerves» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 11 · The human body deeper: the brain and nerves

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You stub your toe: first a sharp «ow!», then a slow dull ache. Why two waves?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** stub · **To what, where:** toe

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This is test 11 of lesson 260 «The human body deeper: the brain and nerves» 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/260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You stub your toe: first a sharp «ow!», then a slow dull ache.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves:t11:1
# text = You stub your toe: first a sharp «ow!», then a slow dull ache.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stub	stub	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	toe	toe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	ow	ow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	ache	ache	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stub** | present | You | your toe |  |  |  | a sharp ow and a slow dull ache *obl* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer toe=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why two waves?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves:t11:2
# text = Why two waves?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The toe hurts twice because it bounces back off the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves:t11:o1:1
# text = The toe hurts twice because it bounces back off the door
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toe	toe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	bounces	bounce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present | the toe |  |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **bounce back** | present | toe |  |  | the door |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme off door=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The brain forgets the first pain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves:t11:o2:1
# text = The brain forgets the first pain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forgets	forget	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present | the brain | the first pain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The second pain is from the other foot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves:t11:o3:1
# text = The second pain is from the other foot
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the second pain |  |  | the other foot |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The messages travel along different nerves at different speeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves:t11:o4:1
# text = The messages travel along different nerves at different speeds
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	travel	travel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	along	along	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nerves	nerve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	speeds	speed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | present | the messages |  |  | different speeds |  | along different nerves | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along nerve=Trajectory |

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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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