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title: Why is the small intestine so long and bumpy inside? — The human body deeper: lungs, stomach… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is the small intestine so long and bumpy inside? Test 9 of lesson 262 «The human body deeper: lungs, stomach and guts» 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 was right.
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# Test 9 · The human body deeper: lungs, stomach and guts

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Why is the small intestine so long and bumpy inside?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** small intestine · **What happens:** be

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This is test 9 of lesson 262 «The human body deeper: lungs, stomach and guts» 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/262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts:t9:1
# text = Why is the small intestine so long and bumpy inside?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	intestine	intestine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bumpy	bumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the small intestine |  |  |  |  | inside, long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the small intestine *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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To keep the stomach warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts:t9:o1:1
# text = To keep the stomach warm
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | the stomach |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stomach=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because it grew far too fast in childhood and got tangled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts:t9:o2:1
# text = Because it grew far too fast in childhood and got tangled
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	childhood	childhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	tangled	tangle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | it |  |  | childhood |  | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in childhood=Location |
| 2 | **get** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **tangle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To store food for the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts:t9:o3:1
# text = To store food for the winter
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	store	store	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | to-infinitive |  | food |  |  | winter |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |

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

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To give a huge surface for soaking up food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts:t9:o4:1
# text = To give a huge surface for soaking up food
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	soaking	soak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | to-infinitive |  | a huge surface |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surface=Theme |
| 2 | **soak up** | gerund |  | food |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent food=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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