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description: Identify the anatomical feature, present in children but closed in adults, at which the long bones increase in length. Exam question 1 of lesson 40 «Growing and sport» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 1 · Growing and sport

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Identify the anatomical feature, present in children but closed in adults, at which the long bones increase in length.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, long bones · **What happens:** identify, close, increase · **To what, where:** anatomical feature

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 40 «Growing and sport» 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/40-growing-and-sport/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:e1:1
# text = Identify the anatomical feature, present in children but closed in adults, at which the long bones increase in length.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	anatomical	anatomical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	feature	feature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	obl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
19	increase	increase	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 anatomical feature |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent feature=Theme |
| 2 | **close** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in adults | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent in adult=Topic |
| 3 | **increase** | present | the long bones |  |  |  |  | in length | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute PP.extent PP.initial\_state PP.result»: agent=Patient at which=Extent in length=Attribute |

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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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The growth plate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:e1:o1:1
# text = The growth plate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The spinal cord in the back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:e1:o2:1
# text = The spinal cord in the back
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	spinal	spinal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Achilles tendon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:e1:o3:1
# text = The Achilles tendon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tendon	tendon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The cap of the knee joint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:e1:o4:1
# text = The cap of the knee joint
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	joint	joint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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