--- title: Why does it take a while before you can crack the same knuckle again? — Bones by name: shoulders, arms and hands · tree and pragmatics description: Why does it take a while before you can crack the same knuckle again? Test 8 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands/t8/) [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: shoulders, arms and hands](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands/) / t8 # Test 8 · Bones by name: shoulders, arms and hands Why does it take a while before you can crack the same knuckle again? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** take, crack · **To what, where:** it, same knuckle This is test 8 of lesson 358 «Bones by name: shoulders, arms and hands» 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/358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands:t8:1 # text = Why does it take a while before you can crack the same knuckle again? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 4 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 crack crack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 knuckle knuckle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 again again ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present · do-support | | it | | | while | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **crack** | can | you | the same knuckle | | | again | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location knuckle=Theme | 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} The muscle is too tired ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands:t8:o1:1 # text = The muscle is too tired 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 muscle muscle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the muscle | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The gas bubble needs time to dissolve back into the fluid ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands:t8:o2:1 # text = The gas bubble needs time to dissolve back into the fluid 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 gas gas NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bubble bubble NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 dissolve dissolve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fluid fluid NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | the gas bubble | | | | time | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **dissolve back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the gas bubble *not said here* | | | | | into the fluid *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into fluid=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} The tiny crack in the bone needs time to heal first ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands:t8:o3:1 # text = The tiny crack in the bone needs time to heal first 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 crack crack NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 heal heal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | the tiny crack in the bone | | | | time | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **heal** | to-infinitive | the tiny crack in the bone *not said here* | | | | | first *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The joint locks for a day ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands:t8:o4:1 # text = The joint locks for a day 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 joint joint NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 locks lock VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lock** | present | the joint | | | | day | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | **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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