--- title: Ascertain the anatomical site in which red blood cells are principal… — The human body deeper: the heart and b… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the anatomical site in which red blood cells are principally produced. Exam question 3 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 the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The human body deeper: the heart and b…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numb… Ascertain the anatomical site in which red blood cells are principally produced. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, produce · **To what, where:** anatomical site, red blood cells This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the anatomical site in which red blood cells are principally produced. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 anatomical anatomical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 site site NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 7 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 cells cell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 11 principally principally ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 produced produce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the anatomical site | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent site=Topic | | 2 | **produce** | present · passive | | red blood cells | | the anatomical site | | principally *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The air sacs of the lungs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:e3:o1:1 # text = The air sacs of the lungs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 sacs sac NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lungs lung NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The lining of the stomach ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:e3:o2:1 # text = The lining of the stomach 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lining lining NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The chambers of the heart ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:e3:o3:1 # text = The chambers of the heart 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chambers chamber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The marrow within the bones ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:e3:o4:1 # text = The marrow within the bones 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 marrow marrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 within within ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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