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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between muscular and adipose tissue? Exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Moving, swimming and sport» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Exam question 1 · Moving, swimming and sport

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between muscular and adipose tissue?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** relationship

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Moving, swimming and sport» of the myths 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/myths/5-moving-swimming-and-sport/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between muscular and adipose tissue?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	muscular	muscular	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	adipose	adipose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	tissue	tissue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the relationship and adipose tissue |  |  |  | of the following statements; between muscular; accurately *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They constitute a single tissue of variable appearance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:e1:o1:1
# text = They constitute a single tissue of variable appearance
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitute	constitute	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tissue	tissue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	variable	variable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | They | a single tissue of variable appearance |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tissue=Pivot |

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

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They are distinct tissues and neither is converted into the other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:e1:o2:1
# text = They are distinct tissues and neither is converted into the other
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tissues	tissue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	converted	convert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | distinct tissues |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **convert** | present · passive |  | neither |  |  |  | into the other *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into other=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Muscle is converted into fat upon cessation of exercise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:e1:o3:1
# text = Muscle is converted into fat upon cessation of exercise
1	Muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	converted	convert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cessation	cessation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	exercise	exercise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convert** | present · passive |  | Muscle |  |  |  | into fat *result*; upon cessation of exercise | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into fat=Result |
| 2 | **cease** |  |  | exercise |  |  |  |  | nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fat is converted into muscle by repeated sit-ups

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:e1:o4:1
# text = Fat is converted into muscle by repeated sit-ups
1	Fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	converted	convert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
8	sit	sit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convert** | present · passive | repeated sit ups | Fat |  |  |  | into muscle *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent subject=Patient into muscle=Result |
| 2 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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