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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The human body deeper: the heart and b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the colour of human blood within the veins. Exam question 2 of lesson 261 «The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numbers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 2 · The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numb…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the colour of human blood within the veins.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, colour

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 261 «The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numbers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the colour of human blood within the veins.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	within	within	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	veins	vein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the colour of human blood |  |  |  | within the veins | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus colour=Experiencer |

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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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It is colourless until it reaches the heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:e2:o1:1
# text = It is colourless until it reaches the heart
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	colourless	colourless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | colourless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **reach** | present | it | the heart |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent heart=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is blue, becoming red only upon exposure to the atmosphere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:e2:o2:1
# text = It is blue, becoming red only upon exposure to the atmosphere
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	becoming	become	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	exposure	exposure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | blue *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | gerund |  | exposure to the atmosphere |  |  |  | red *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is purple in children and red in adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:e2:o3:1
# text = It is purple in children and red in adults
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | in children; purple *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  | in adults | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It is red of a darker shade, the appearance of blueness arising from the passage of light through the skin

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:e2:o4:1
# text = It is red of a darker shade, the appearance of blueness arising from the passage of light through the skin
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	darker	dark	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	shade	shade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	blueness	blueness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	arising	arise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	through	through	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of a darker shade; red *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **arise** | gerund | the appearance of blueness *not said here* |  |  | the passage of light |  | through the skin | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through skin=Location |
| 3 | **pass** |  | light |  |  |  |  |  | nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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