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title: Identify the sole bone of the skull which is capable of movement. — Bones by name: the skull, jaw, spine a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the sole bone of the skull which is capable of movement. Exam question 2 of lesson 357 «Bones by name: the skull, jaw, spine and ribs» 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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# Exam question 2 · Bones by name: the skull, jaw, spine and ribs

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Identify the sole bone of the skull which is capable of movement.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, sole bone · **What happens:** identify, be · **To what, where:** sole bone

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 357 «Bones by name: the skull, jaw, spine and ribs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs:e2:1
# text = Identify the sole bone of the skull which is capable of movement.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	skull	skull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sole bone of the skull |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent bone=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the sole bone of the skull |  |  |  |  | of movement; capable *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 {#o1}

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The cheekbone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs:e2:o1:1
# text = The cheekbone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cheekbone	cheekbone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The frontal bone of the forehead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs:e2:o2:1
# text = The frontal bone of the forehead
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	frontal	frontal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The bone of the nose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs:e2:o3:1
# text = The bone of the nose
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The mandible, or lower jaw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs:e2:o4:1
# text = The mandible, or lower jaw
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mandible	mandible	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	jaw	jaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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