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title: Ruben, from Joburg: "Ag, I'll walk now now (in a bit)." Strong arms,… — Muscles: getting stronger and getting… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruben, from Joburg: "Ag, I'll walk now now (in a bit)." Strong arms, tired legs. What should he add to his training? Test 9 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
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# Test 9 · Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter

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Ruben, from Joburg: "Ag, I'll walk now now (in a bit)." Strong arms, tired legs. What should he add to his training?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ruben, Ag · **What happens:** walk, add, train · **To what, where:** bit

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This is test 9 of lesson 38 «Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter» of the medicine 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/medicine/38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruben, from Joburg: "Ag, I'll walk now now (in a bit)."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t9:1
# text = Ruben, from Joburg: "Ag, I'll walk now now (in a bit)."
1	Ruben	Ruben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Joburg	Joburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Ag	Ag	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
13	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** *in a quote* | future | Ruben and Joburg and Ag |  |  | a bit | now; now |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bit=Trajectory |

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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:* Strong arms, tired legs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t9:2
# text = Strong arms, tired legs.
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What should he add to his training?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t9:3
# text = What should he add to his training?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | should | Ag |  |  |  |  | to Ag's training | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent to training=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **train** |  | Ag |  |  |  |  |  | nom training «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Heavier weights every single day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t9:o1:1
# text = Heavier weights every single day
1	Heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	weights	weight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, strength is all he needs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t9:o2:1
# text = Nothing, strength is all he needs
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | all, need *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Running, swimming or cycling for stamina

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t9:o3:1
# text = Running, swimming or cycling for stamina
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	cycling	cycle	NOUN	VBG	_	1	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	stamina	stamina	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **swim** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
More arm wrestling, and nothing else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t9:o4:1
# text = More arm wrestling, and nothing else
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
2	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	wrestling	wrestling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	appos	_	_
7	else	else	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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

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