--- title: «my uncle says men have one less rib cos of an old story, true?» Wha… — Bones by name: the skull, jaw, spine a… · tree and pragmatics description: «my uncle says men have one less rib cos of an old story, true?» What is right? Test 1 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Bones by name: the skull, jaw, spine a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Bones by name: the skull, jaw, spine and ribs «my uncle says men have one less rib cos of an old story, true?» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** uncle, men · **What happens:** say, have, be · **To what, where:** one less rib cos · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 357 «Bones by name: the skull, jaw, spine and ribs» 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/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «my uncle says men have one less rib cos of an old story, true?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs:t1:1 # text = «my uncle says men have one less rib cos of an old story, true?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 8 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 9 rib rib NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | my uncle | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | men | one less rib cos of a old story | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cos=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs:t1:2 # text = What is right? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, men have 23 ribs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs:t1:o1:1 # text = Yes, men have 23 ribs 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 23 23 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 ribs rib NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | men | 23 ribs | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rib=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, women have one less ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs:t1:o2:1 # text = No, women have one less 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obj _ _ 6 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | women | one | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, men and women both have 24 ribs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs:t1:o3:1 # text = No, men and women both have 24 ribs 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 6 both both ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 24 24 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 ribs rib NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | men and women | 24 ribs | | | | both *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rib=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, but only some men ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs:t1:o4:1 # text = Yes, but only some men 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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