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description: Identify the principal anatomical site at which the long bones of a child increase in length. Exam question 1 of lesson 71 «Growing: teeth, height, hair, nails, from baby to grown-up» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Exam question 1 · Growing: teeth, height, hair, nails, from baby to grown-up

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Identify the principal anatomical site at which the long bones of a child increase in length.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal anatomical site, long bones

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 71 «Growing: teeth, height, hair, nails, from baby to grown-up» 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/71-growing-from-baby-to-grown-up/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:71-growing-from-baby-to-grown-up:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal anatomical site at which the long bones of a child increase in length.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	anatomical	anatomical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	site	site	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	increase	increase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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* | the principal anatomical site |  | the long bones of a child increase in length |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent site=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The joint cartilage of the knee exclusively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:71-growing-from-baby-to-grown-up:e1:o1:1
# text = The joint cartilage of the knee exclusively
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	joint	joint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cartilage	cartilage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The growth plates situated near the extremities of the bone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:71-growing-from-baby-to-grown-up:e1:o2:1
# text = The growth plates situated near the extremities of the bone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	extremities	extremity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **situate** | participle |  | the growth plates *not said here* |  | the extremities of the bone |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent near extremity=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The outer surface of the bone along its entire length

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:71-growing-from-baby-to-grown-up:e1:o3:1
# text = The outer surface of the bone along its entire length
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	outer	outer	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	along	along	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The central portion of the bone shaft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:71-growing-from-baby-to-grown-up:e1:o4:1
# text = The central portion of the bone shaft
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	central	central	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	shaft	shaft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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