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title: Identify the principal purpose of a warm-up undertaken prior to phys… — Warming up, stitches and cramp · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose of a warm-up undertaken prior to physical exertion. Exam question 1 of lesson 37 «Warming up, stitches and cramp» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 1 · Warming up, stitches and cramp

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Identify the principal purpose of a warm-up undertaken prior to physical exertion.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, warm undertaken physical exertion · **What happens:** identify, purpose · **To what, where:** principal purpose

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 37 «Warming up, stitches and cramp» of the medicine 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/medicine/37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of a warm-up undertaken prior to physical exertion.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
7	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
10	undertaken	undertaken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
11	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	13	case	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	exertion	exertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 purpose of a warm undertaken physical exertion |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | a warm undertaken physical exertion |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To raise the heart rate and warm the muscles in preparation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:e1:o1:1
# text = To raise the heart rate and warm the muscles in preparation
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	raise	raise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	rate	rate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	warm	warm	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	preparation	preparation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | to-infinitive |  | the heart rate |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rate=Theme |
| 2 | **warm** | infinitive |  | the muscles |  | preparation |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent muscle=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To fatigue the muscles in advance of competition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:e1:o2:1
# text = To fatigue the muscles in advance of competition
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fatigue	fatigue	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	advance	advance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	competition	competition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fatigue** | to-infinitive |  | the muscles |  | advance of competition |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus muscle=Experiencer |
| 2 | **advance** |  | competition |  |  |  |  |  | nom advance «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To lower the temperature of the body before exertion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:e1:o3:1
# text = To lower the temperature of the body before exertion
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lower	lower	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	exertion	exertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lower** | to-infinitive |  | the temperature of the body |  | exertion |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent temperature=Theme before exertion=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To render any subsequent stretching of the muscles unnecessary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:e1:o4:1
# text = To render any subsequent stretching of the muscles unnecessary
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	render	render	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
4	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stretching	stretching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | to-infinitive |  | any subsequent stretching of the muscles |  |  |  | unnecessary *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stretching=Theme |
| 2 | **stretch** |  |  | the muscles |  |  |  |  | nom stretching «act transitive»: of=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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