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title: lol why does my throat buzz when i hum? — Lungs and breathing · tree and pragmatics
description: lol why does my throat buzz when i hum? Test 6 of lesson 66 «Lungs and breathing» 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 6 · Lungs and breathing

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lol why does my throat buzz when i hum?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** i, my · **What happens:** do, hum, buzz · **To what, where:** throat buzz

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This is test 6 of lesson 66 «Lungs and breathing» 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/66-lungs-and-breathing/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:66-lungs-and-breathing:t6:1
# text = lol why does my throat buzz when i hum?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	buzz	buzz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
8	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hum	hum	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | my throat buzz |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buzz=Eventuality |
| 2 | **hum** | present | i |  |  |  |  |  | vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location |
| 3 | **buzz** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom buzz «event intransitive»: poss=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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There is a bee stuck in your throat lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:66-lungs-and-breathing:t6:o1:1
# text = There is a bee stuck in your throat lol
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | a bee |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stick** | participle |  | a bee *not said here* |  | your throat |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in throat=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Your lungs are rattling against your ribs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:66-lungs-and-breathing:t6:o2:1
# text = Your lungs are rattling against your ribs
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	lungs	lung	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	rattling	rattle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	ribs	rib	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rattle** | present · progressive | Your lungs |  |  | your ribs |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against rib=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Your teeth are humming along with you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:66-lungs-and-breathing:t6:o3:1
# text = Your teeth are humming along with you
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	humming	hum	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	along	along	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hum** | present · progressive | Your teeth |  |  |  |  | along you | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along you=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Air is making your vocal cords vibrate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:66-lungs-and-breathing:t6:o4:1
# text = Air is making your vocal cords vibrate
1	Air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	vocal	vocal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	vibrate	vibrate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · progressive | Air | your vocal cords |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **vibrate** | present | your vocal cords *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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