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description: «my leg's gone dead, pins and needles, will it fall off» What is right? Test 8 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 right.
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# Test 8 · The human body deeper: the brain and nerves

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«my leg's gone dead, pins and needles, will it fall off» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** leg, dead pins · **What happens:** be, fall off · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves:t8:1
# text = «my leg's gone dead, pins and needles, will it fall off» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	pins	pin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	needles	needle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	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	14	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my leg |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall off** *in a quote* | future | dead pins and needles |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Yes, unless you keep sitting on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves:t8:o1:1
# text = Yes, unless you keep sitting on it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  | it |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location |

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

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No, a squashed nerve is just waking up; moving the leg helps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves:t8:o2:1
# text = No, a squashed nerve is just waking up; moving the leg helps
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	squashed	squash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	nerve	nerve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	waking	wake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	csubj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squash** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wake up** | present · progressive | a squashed nerve |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **move** | gerund | a squashed nerve *not said here* | the leg |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent leg=Theme |
| 4 | **help** | present | waking |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, but it will stay numb all week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves:t8:o3:1
# text = No, but it will stay numb all week
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	numb	numb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | future | it |  |  |  | week | numb *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, if it lasts more than a minute you must call an ambulance at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves:t8:o4:1
# text = Yes, if it lasts more than a minute you must call an ambulance at once
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lasts	last	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	obj	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ambulance	ambulance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | present | it | more |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value |
| 2 | **call** | must | you | a ambulance |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent ambulance=Theme at once=Stimulus |

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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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