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title: Ascertain the principal finding published by William Harvey in the y… — The heart and blood · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the principal finding published by William Harvey in the year 1628. Exam question 3 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 3 · The heart and blood

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Ascertain the principal finding published by William Harvey in the year 1628.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal · **What happens:** ascertain, find, publish · **To what, where:** principal

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:65-the-heart-and-blood:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the principal finding published by William Harvey in the year 1628.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	finding	find	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	published	publish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	William	William	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	_
8	Harvey	Harvey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	1628	1628	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent principal=Topic |
| 2 | **find** | gerund | the principal *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **publish** | participle | the principal *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 arteries contain only air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:65-the-heart-and-blood:e3:o1:1
# text = The arteries contain only air
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arteries	artery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	contain	contain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | the arteries | air |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot air=Theme |

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

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Blood circulates continuously around the body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:65-the-heart-and-blood:e3:o2:1
# text = Blood circulates continuously around the body
1	Blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	circulates	circulate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	continuously	continuously	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	around	around	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **circulate** | present | Blood |  |  | the body |  | continuously *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around body=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The heart is the seat of thought and of the passions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:65-the-heart-and-blood:e3:o3:1
# text = The heart is the seat of thought and of the passions
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	passions	passion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the heart | the seat and the passions |  |  |  | of thought | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Blood is manufactured afresh in the liver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:65-the-heart-and-blood:e3:o4:1
# text = Blood is manufactured afresh in the liver
1	Blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	manufactured	manufacture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	afresh	afresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	liver	liver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **manufacture** | present · passive |  | Blood |  | the liver |  | afresh *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

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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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