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title: Identify the bone of the forearm situated upon the side of the thumb. — Bones by name: shoulders, arms and hands · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the bone of the forearm situated upon the side of the thumb. Exam question 1 of lesson 358 «Bones by name: shoulders, arms and hands» 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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# Exam question 1 · Bones by name: shoulders, arms and hands

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Identify the bone of the forearm situated upon the side of the thumb.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, situate · **To what, where:** bone, forearm, side

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 358 «Bones by name: shoulders, arms and hands» 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/358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands:e1:1
# text = Identify the bone of the forearm situated upon the side of the thumb.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	forearm	forearm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	thumb	thumb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 bone of the forearm |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent bone=Theme |
| 2 | **situate** | participle |  | the forearm *not said here* |  | the side of the thumb |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon side=Destination |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The radius

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands:e1:o1:1
# text = The radius
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	radius	radius	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 humerus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands:e1:o2:1
# text = The humerus
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	humerus	humerus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The scapula

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands:e1:o3:1
# text = The scapula
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scapula	scapula	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The ulna

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands:e1:o4:1
# text = The ulna
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ulna	ulna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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