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description: Whereas strength denotes the force a muscle can exert, ascertain the meaning of stamina. Exam question 4 of lesson 38 «Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Exam question 4 · Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter

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Whereas strength denotes the force a muscle can exert, ascertain the meaning of stamina.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** strength, muscle · **What happens:** denote, exert, ascertain, mean · **To what, where:** force, meaning, stamina

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 38 «Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter» 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/38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:e4:1
# text = Whereas strength denotes the force a muscle can exert, ascertain the meaning of stamina.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	exert	exert	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	stamina	stamina	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | strength | the force |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot force=Topic |
| 2 | **exert** | can | a muscle |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **ascertain** | infinitive | a muscle *not said here* | the meaning of stamina |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic |
| 4 | **mean** |  |  | stamina |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 speed of a single movement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:e4:o1:1
# text = The speed of a single movement
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The maximum mass that can be lifted on a single occasion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:e4:o2:1
# text = The maximum mass that can be lifted on a single occasion
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	maximum	maximum	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	lifted	lift	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | can · passive |  | the maximum mass |  | a single occasion |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on occasion=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The number of muscles in the body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:e4:o3:1
# text = The number of muscles in the body
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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The duration for which activity can be sustained

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:e4:o4:1
# text = The duration for which activity can be sustained
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sustain** | can · passive |  | the duration for which activity |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Theme |

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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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