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title: What would happen if the biceps had no partner muscle? — The human body deeper: bones, muscles… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if the biceps had no partner muscle? Test 5 of lesson 263 «The human body deeper: bones, muscles and skin» 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 5 · The human body deeper: bones, muscles and skin

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What would happen if the biceps had no partner muscle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** biceps · **What happens:** happen, have · **To what, where:** partner muscle

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This is test 5 of lesson 263 «The human body deeper: bones, muscles and skin» 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/263-human-body-deeper-bones-muscles-and-skin/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:263-human-body-deeper-bones-muscles-and-skin:t5:1
# text = What would happen if the biceps had no partner muscle?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	biceps	biceps	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
9	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the biceps | no partner muscle |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent muscle=Patient |

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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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The arm would grow much stronger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:263-human-body-deeper-bones-muscles-and-skin:t5:o1:1
# text = The arm would grow much stronger
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | would | the arm |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The arm would bend both ways

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:263-human-body-deeper-bones-muscles-and-skin:t5:o2:1
# text = The arm would bend both ways
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend** | would | the arm | both ways |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent way=Material |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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You could bend your arm but not straighten it again by muscle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:263-human-body-deeper-bones-muscles-and-skin:t5:o3:1
# text = You could bend your arm but not straighten it again by muscle
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	straighten	straighten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend** | could | You | your arm |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent arm=Material |
| 2 | **not** **straighten** | infinitive | You *not said here* | arm |  |  | again | by muscle | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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You could not bend your arm at all, not even a tiny bit, ever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:263-human-body-deeper-bones-muscles-and-skin:t5:o4:1
# text = You could not bend your arm at all, not even a tiny bit, ever
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bend** | could | You | your arm |  | all |  | a tiny bit *obl:unmarked* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme at all=Location |

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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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