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title: Your uncle stopped going to the gym. His arms got thinner and his be… — Moving, swimming and sport · tree and pragmatics
description: Your uncle stopped going to the gym. His arms got thinner and his belly bigger. "See? Muscle's turned to fat," he says. What really happened? Test 4 · ★ 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 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Moving, swimming and sport

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Your uncle stopped going to the gym. His arms got thinner and his belly bigger. "See? Muscle's turned to fat," he says. What really happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** uncle, arms, you, belly · **What happens:** stop, go, get, see, turn, say · **To what, where:** gym, Muscle, fat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 5 «Moving, swimming and sport» of the myths 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/myths/5-moving-swimming-and-sport/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your uncle stopped going to the gym.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t4:1
# text = Your uncle stopped going to the gym.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gym	gym	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | Your uncle |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | Your uncle *not said here* |  |  | the gym |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to gym=Initial\_Location |

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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:* His arms got thinner and his belly bigger. "

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t4:2
# text = His arms got thinner and his belly bigger. "
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	thinner	thin	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | uncle's arms |  |  |  |  | thin *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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*Sentence 3:* See?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t4:3
# text = See?
1	See	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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*Sentence 4:* Muscle's turned to fat," he says.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t4:4
# text = Muscle's turned to fat," he says.
1	Muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | participle |  | Muscle *not said here* |  | fat |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to fat=Trajectory |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | belly |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 5:* What really happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t4:5
# text = What really happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Two separate changes: muscle shrank and fat grew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t4:o1:1
# text = Two separate changes: muscle shrank and fat grew
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	changes	change	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shrank	shrink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shrink** | past | muscle | Two separate changes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent change=Patient |
| 2 | **grow** | past | fat |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He grew new fat out of old muscle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t4:o2:1
# text = He grew new fat out of old muscle
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | He | new fat |  | old muscle |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fat=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His fat moved from his arms to his belly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t4:o3:1
# text = His fat moved from his arms to his belly
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | His fat |  |  | fat's arms |  | to fat's belly | vn slide-11.2 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from arm=Initial\_Location to belly=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His muscle cells slowly turned into fat cells over the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t4:o4:1
# text = His muscle cells slowly turned into fat cells over the winter
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | His muscle cells |  |  | fat cells | winter | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into cell=Trajectory |

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