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title: «bone marrow's just fat in bones, it's for dogs to eat lol» What is… — The human body deeper: the heart and b… · tree and pragmatics
description: «bone marrow's just fat in bones, it's for dogs to eat lol» What is right? Test 9 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; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 9 · The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numb…

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«bone marrow's just fat in bones, it's for dogs to eat lol» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** marrow, dogs · **What happens:** be, eat

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t9:1
# text = «bone marrow's just fat in bones, it's for dogs to eat lol» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	marrow	marrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl	_	_
16	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	20	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | marrow |  |  |  |  | for dogs | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | dogs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | dogs |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Red bone marrow makes your blood cells, millions every second

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t9:o1:1
# text = Red bone marrow makes your blood cells, millions every second
1	Red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	marrow	marrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Red bone marrow | your blood cells and millions |  |  | second |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cell=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Marrow is where the body keeps its air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t9:o2:1
# text = Marrow is where the body keeps its air
1	Marrow	marrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl:relcl	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	air	air	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 | Marrow |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present | the body | body's air |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Right, marrow does nothing for the body, it is just soft filling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t9:o3:1
# text = Right, marrow does nothing for the body, it is just soft filling
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	marrow	marrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	filling	filling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | marrow | nothing |  |  |  | for the body | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | present | marrow | soft filling |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Marrow makes your bones grow longer only, nothing else at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood:t9:o4:1
# text = Marrow makes your bones grow longer only, nothing else at all
1	Marrow	marrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	xcomp	_	_
6	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	parataxis	_	_
10	else	else	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Marrow |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present | your bones |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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