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title: You cross your legs for an hour and your foot goes numb, then tingle… — The brain and nerves · tree and pragmatics
description: You cross your legs for an hour and your foot goes numb, then tingles. What does the tingle mean? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 68 «The brain and nerves» 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 12 · ★★★ · The brain and nerves

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You cross your legs for an hour and your foot goes numb, then tingles. What does the tingle mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, foot, tingle · **What happens:** cross, go, mean · **To what, where:** legs, tingles

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 68 «The brain and nerves» 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/68-the-brain-and-nerves/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You cross your legs for an hour and your foot goes numb, then tingles.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:t12:1
# text = You cross your legs for an hour and your foot goes numb, then tingles.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cross	cross	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	numb	numb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	tingles	tingle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | present | You | your legs |  |  | hour |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
| 2 | **go** | present | your foot | tingles |  |  |  | numb *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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:* What does the tingle mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:t12:2
# text = What does the tingle mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tingle	tingle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | the tingle |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The bone in the foot is growing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:t12:o1:1
# text = The bone in the foot is growing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present · progressive | the bone in the foot |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The blood has turned into fizz

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:t12:o2:1
# text = The blood has turned into fizz
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fizz	fizz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present · perfect | the blood |  |  | fizz |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into fizz=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The foot is freezing because the blood stopped for an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:t12:o3:1
# text = The foot is freezing because the blood stopped for an hour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	freezing	freeze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | present · progressive | the foot |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **stop** | past | the blood |  |  |  | hour |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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

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The squashed nerve is waking up and sending signals again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:t12:o4:1
# text = The squashed nerve is waking up and sending signals again
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	squashed	squash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	nerve	nerve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	waking	wake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
9	signals	signal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squash** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wake up** | present · progressive | the squashed nerve |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **send** | gerund | the squashed nerve *not said here* | signals |  |  | again |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signal=Theme |

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