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title: Identify the longest and strongest bone of the human skeleton. — Bones by name: hips, legs and feet, an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the longest and strongest bone of the human skeleton. Exam question 1 of lesson 359 «Bones by name: hips, legs and feet, and the extra bones of a baby» 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 w
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# Exam question 1 · Bones by name: hips, legs and feet, and the extra bones of…

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Identify the longest and strongest bone of the human skeleton.

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

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 359 «Bones by name: hips, legs and feet, and the extra bones of a baby» 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/359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby:e1:1
# text = Identify the longest and strongest bone of the human skeleton.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	longest	long	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	conj	_	_
6	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	skeleton	skeleton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 longest bone of the human skeleton |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent bone=Theme |

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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 spinal column

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby:e1:o1:1
# text = The spinal column
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	spinal	spinal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	column	column	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 tibia of the shin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby:e1:o2:1
# text = The tibia of the shin
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tibia	tibia	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	shin	shin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The humerus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby:e1:o3:1
# 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 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The femur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby:e1:o4:1
# text = The femur
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	femur	femur	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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