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title: Arthur: "It's lactic acid, innit." What's the better explanation? — Running, gymnastics and martial arts · tree and pragmatics
description: Arthur: "It's lactic acid, innit." What's the better explanation? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Running, gymnastics and martial arts» 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Running, gymnastics and martial arts

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Arthur: "It's lactic acid, innit." What's the better explanation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Arthur, better explanation · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** lactic acid

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Running, gymnastics and martial arts» 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/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Arthur: "It's lactic acid, innit."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t3:1
# text = Arthur: "It's lactic acid, innit."
1	Arthur	arthur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	lactic	lactic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Arthur | lactic acid and innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* What's the better explanation?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t3:2
# text = What's the better explanation?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the better explanation |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He ran out of water in his muscles and they dried up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t3:o1:1
# text = He ran out of water in his muscles and they dried up
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	dried	dry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | He |  |  | water |  | in his muscles | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out water=Trajectory |
| 2 | **dry up** | past | muscles *= muscle* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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Muscle repair; lactic acid was gone in about an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t3:o2:1
# text = Muscle repair; lactic acid was gone in about an hour
1	Muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	repair	repair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	lactic	lactic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | lactic acid |  |  |  | hour | gone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lactic acid stays in the legs for a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t3:o3:1
# text = Lactic acid stays in the legs for a week
1	Lactic	lactic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | Lactic acid |  |  | the legs | week |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in leg=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His leg bones are slowly cracking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t3:o4:1
# text = His leg bones are slowly cracking
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	cracking	crack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | present · progressive | His leg bones |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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