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title: Count them: 3 children each give blood twice a year, half a litre ea… — The human body deeper: the heart and b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Count them: 3 children each give blood twice a year, half a litre each time. How much blood is given in a year? Test 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
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# Test 3 · The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numb…

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Count them: 3 children each give blood twice a year, half a litre each time. How much blood is given in a year?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, 3 children · **What happens:** count, give · **To what, where:** them, blood, much blood

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: 3 children each give blood twice a year, half a litre each time.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t3:1
# text = Count them: 3 children each give blood twice a year, half a litre each time.
1	Count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	15	det:predet	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	litre	litre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
16	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  | time |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | present | 3 children | blood |  |  | year | twice *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=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:* How much blood is given in a year?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t3:2
# text = How much blood is given in a year?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | much blood |  |  | year |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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3 litres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t3:o1:1
# text = 3 litres
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	litres	litre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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6 litres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t3:o2:1
# text = 6 litres
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	litres	litre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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2 litres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t3:o3:1
# text = 2 litres
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	litres	litre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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1.5 litres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t3:o4:1
# text = 1.5 litres
1	1.5	1.5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Frac	2	nummod	_	_
2	litres	litre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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