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title: «my muscles push the arm up, obviously» What is right? — Muscles and joints by name: biceps, tr… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Muscles and joints by name: biceps, triceps, knees, elbows…

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«my muscles push the arm up, obviously» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** muscles · **What happens:** push up, be · **To what, where:** arm · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 360 «Muscles and joints by name: biceps, triceps, knees, elbows and the busiest muscles» 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/360-muscles-and-joints-by-name-biceps-triceps-knees-elbows-and-the-busiest-muscles/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:360-muscles-and-joints-by-name-biceps-triceps-knees-elbows-and-the-busiest-muscles:t2:1
# text = «my muscles push the arm up, obviously» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	push	push	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	obviously	obviously	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
11	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push up** *in a quote* | present | my muscles | the arm |  |  |  | obviously *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent arm=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Yes, the triceps pushes from below

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:360-muscles-and-joints-by-name-biceps-triceps-knees-elbows-and-the-busiest-muscles:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, the triceps pushes from below
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	triceps	triceps	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	below	below	ADV	RB	_	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | present | the triceps |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from below=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, the bones push themselves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:360-muscles-and-joints-by-name-biceps-triceps-knees-elbows-and-the-busiest-muscles:t2:o2:1
# text = No, the bones push themselves
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	push	push	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | present | the bones | bones *= bone* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, muscles only pull; the biceps pulls the arm up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:360-muscles-and-joints-by-name-biceps-triceps-knees-elbows-and-the-busiest-muscles:t2:o3:1
# text = No, muscles only pull; the biceps pulls the arm up
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	pull	pull	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	biceps	biceps	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	pulls	pull	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | present | muscles |  |  |  |  |  | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pull up** | present | the biceps | the arm |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, obviously, the biceps pushes the arm up from inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:360-muscles-and-joints-by-name-biceps-triceps-knees-elbows-and-the-busiest-muscles:t2:o4:1
# text = Yes, obviously, the biceps pushes the arm up from inside
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	obviously	obviously	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	biceps	biceps	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	up	up	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push up** | present | the biceps | the arm |  |  |  | obviously *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent arm=Theme from inside=Trajectory |

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