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title: Before blood groups were known, giving one person's blood to another… — The human body deeper: the heart and b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Before blood groups were known, giving one person's blood to another often went badly. Why? Test 11 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
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# Test 11 · The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numb…

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Before blood groups were known, giving one person's blood to another often went badly. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** know, give, go · **To what, where:** blood, another

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This is test 11 of lesson 261 «The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numbers» 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/261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Before blood groups were known, giving one person's blood to another often went badly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t11:1
# text = Before blood groups were known, giving one person's blood to another often went badly.
1	Before	before	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
14	often	often	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
16	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past · passive |  |  |  |  | before blood groups |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V» |
| 2 | **give** | gerund |  | one person's blood | another |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent blood=Theme to another=Recipient |
| 3 | **go** | past |  |  |  |  |  | badly, often *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t11:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Blood always went bad as soon as it left the body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t11:o1:1
# text = Blood always went bad as soon as it left the body
1	Blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Blood |  |  |  |  | always, bad, soon *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | past | Blood | the body |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Doctors used animal blood, from sheep and calves, instead of human blood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t11:o2:1
# text = Doctors used animal blood, from sheep and calves, instead of human blood
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	14	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | Doctors | animal blood |  |  |  | from sheep and calves; instead human blood | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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People got blood that was too cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t11:o3:1
# text = People got blood that was too cold
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | People | blood |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blood=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | past | blood |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

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

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Some blood groups do not mix safely, and nobody knew which

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t11:o4:1
# text = Some blood groups do not mix safely, and nobody knew which
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	mix	mix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj	_	_
11	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mix** | present · do-support | some blood groups |  |  |  |  | safely *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **know** | past | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus |

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