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title: «if my DNA's 2 metres in every cell, why ain't I massive» What is th… — DNA simply: the recipe in every cell · tree and pragmatics
description: «if my DNA's 2 metres in every cell, why ain't I massive» What is the answer? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 277 «DNA simply: the recipe in every cell» 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · DNA simply: the recipe in every cell

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«if my DNA's 2 metres in every cell, why ain't I massive» What is the answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** massive · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** answer

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 277 «DNA simply: the recipe in every cell» 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/277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t9:1
# text = «if my DNA's 2 metres in every cell, why ain't I massive» What is the answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	DNA	DNA	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
13	ai	ai	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | massive | the answer |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is coiled up very tightly into the tiny nucleus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t9:o1:1
# text = It is coiled up very tightly into the tiny nucleus
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	coiled	coil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	nucleus	nucleus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **coil up** | present · passive |  | It |  | the tiny nucleus |  | tightly *property* | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme into nucleus=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It is stretched outside your body in an invisible cloud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t9:o2:1
# text = It is stretched outside your body in an invisible cloud
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | outside your body; in a invisible cloud | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in cloud=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It shrinks every night when you sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t9:o3:1
# text = It shrinks every night when you sleep
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shrinks	shrink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shrink** | present | It |  |  |  | night |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **sleep** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The DNA is in your bones only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell:t9:o4:1
# text = The DNA is in your bones only
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	DNA	DNA	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the DNA |  |  | your bones |  |  | tree rules |

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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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