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title: A van at the shopping centre says «Give blood, save lives». Who migh… — The heart and blood · tree and pragmatics
description: A van at the shopping centre says «Give blood, save lives». Who might need the blood? Test 9 · ★ 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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# Test 9 · ★ · The heart and blood

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A van at the shopping centre says «Give blood, save lives». Who might need the blood?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** van · **What happens:** say, give, save, need · **To what, where:** blood, lives · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 65 «The heart and blood» 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/65-the-heart-and-blood/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A van at the shopping centre says «Give blood, save lives».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:65-the-heart-and-blood:t9:1
# text = A van at the shopping centre says «Give blood, save lives».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	van	van	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
10	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
13	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a van at the shopping centre |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | blood |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme |
| 3 | **save** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | lives |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Who might need the blood?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:65-the-heart-and-blood:t9:2
# text = Who might need the blood?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | might |  | the blood |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot blood=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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People who want to grow taller and stronger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:65-the-heart-and-blood:t9:o1:1
# text = People who want to grow taller and stronger
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | People |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | People *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tall *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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People after accidents and operations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:65-the-heart-and-blood:t9:o2:1
# text = People after accidents and operations
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	after	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	accidents	accident	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	operations	operation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only vampires in films

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:65-the-heart-and-blood:t9:o3:1
# text = Only vampires in films
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	vampires	vampire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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People who are thirsty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:65-the-heart-and-blood:t9:o4:1
# text = People who are thirsty
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | People |  |  |  |  | thirsty *property* | tree rules |

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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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