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title: An X-ray of a 12-year-old shows dark lines near the ends of the leg… — Bones by name: hips, legs and feet, an… · tree and pragmatics
description: An X-ray of a 12-year-old shows dark lines near the ends of the leg bones. What are they? Test 7 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Bones by name: hips, legs and feet, and the extra bones of…

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An X-ray of a 12-year-old shows dark lines near the ends of the leg bones. What are they?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** X ray, lines · **What happens:** show, ray, be · **To what, where:** dark lines, ends, 12-year-old

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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. 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An X-ray of a 12-year-old shows dark lines near the ends of the leg bones.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby:t7:1
# text = An X-ray of a 12-year-old shows dark lines near the ends of the leg bones.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	X	x	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	12-year-old	12-year-old	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	4	nmod	_	_
8	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	near	near	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ends	end	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a X ray of a 12-year-old | dark lines |  |  | near the ends of the leg bones |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent line=Recipient |
| 2 | **ray** |  |  | a 12-year-old |  |  |  |  | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What are they?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby:t7:2
# text = What are they?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | lines *= line* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Shadows from the X-ray machine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby:t7:o1:1
# text = Shadows from the X-ray machine
1	Shadows	shadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	X	x	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Gaps where bones are missing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby:t7:o2:1
# text = Gaps where bones are missing
1	Gaps	gap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	3	advmod	_	_
3	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Gaps and bones |  |  |  |  | missing *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Growth plates where the bones are still growing longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby:t7:o3:1
# text = Growth plates where the bones are still growing longer
1	Growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present · progressive | Growth plates |  |  |  | still | long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cracks from a fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby:t7:o4:1
# text = Cracks from a fall
1	Cracks	crack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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