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title: Identify the origin of the sounds perceived through a stethoscope pl… — The heart and blood · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the origin of the sounds perceived through a stethoscope placed upon the chest. Exam question 1 of lesson 65 «The heart and blood» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · The heart and blood

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Identify the origin of the sounds perceived through a stethoscope placed upon the chest.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, origin · **What happens:** identify, perceive, place · **To what, where:** stethoscope, chest

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 65 «The heart and blood» 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/65-the-heart-and-blood/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:65-the-heart-and-blood:e1:1
# text = Identify the origin of the sounds perceived through a stethoscope placed upon the chest.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	perceived	perceive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stethoscope	stethoscope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **perceive** | past | the origin of the sounds |  |  | a stethoscope |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **place** | participle |  | a stethoscope *not said here* |  | the chest |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon chest=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 {#o1}

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The contraction of the lungs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:65-the-heart-and-blood:e1:o1:1
# text = The contraction of the lungs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	contraction	contraction	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	lungs	lung	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contract** |  |  | the lungs |  |  |  |  | nom contraction «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The closure of the valves of the heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:65-the-heart-and-blood:e1:o2:1
# text = The closure of the valves of the heart
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	closure	closure	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	valves	valve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** |  | the valves of the heart |  |  |  |  |  | nom closure «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The flow of blood within the veins of the arm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:65-the-heart-and-blood:e1:o3:1
# text = The flow of blood within the veins of the arm
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flow	flow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	veins	vein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flow** |  | blood |  |  |  |  | within the veins of the arm | nom flow «event intransitive»: of=agent within=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The movement of the ribs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:65-the-heart-and-blood:e1:o4:1
# text = The movement of the ribs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	movement	movement	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	ribs	rib	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** |  |  | the ribs |  |  |  |  | nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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