--- title: Why do floating ribs help you bend sideways and breathe? — Bones by name: the skull, jaw, spine a… · tree and pragmatics description: Why do floating ribs help you bend sideways and breathe? Test 11 · ★ 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 right. --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Bones by name: the skull, jaw, spine and ribs Why do floating ribs help you bend sideways and breathe? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** floating ribs, you · **What happens:** float, help, bend, breathe · **To what, where:** you This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs:t11:1 # text = Why do floating ribs help you bend sideways and breathe? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 floating float VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 ribs rib NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 bend bend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 sideways sideways ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 breathe breathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | present · do-support | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **help** | present | floating ribs | you | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 3 | **bend** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | sideways *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **breathe** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} They are made of rubber ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs:t11:o1:1 # text = They are made of rubber 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 rubber rubber NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · passive | | They | | | | of rubber | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} They are joined to the hips ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs:t11:o2:1 # text = They are joined to the hips 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hips hip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **join** | present · passive | | They | | | | to the hips | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to hip=Co-Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They are not joined in front, so the lower chest can move ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs:t11:o3:1 # text = They are not joined in front, so the lower chest can move 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 amod _ _ 11 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **join** | present · passive | | They | | front | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **move** | can | the lower chest | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They float loose inside the lungs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs:t11:o4:1 # text = They float loose inside the lungs 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 float float VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 loose loose ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 inside inside ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lungs lung NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | present | They | | | the lungs | | loose *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside lung=Trajectory | **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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