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title: Ascertain which of the following claims concerning the human body is… — Growing, skin, hair and food · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain which of the following claims concerning the human body is, notwithstanding its improbable appearance, correct. Exam question 4 of lesson 6 «Growing, skin, hair and food» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 4 · Growing, skin, hair and food

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Ascertain which of the following claims concerning the human body is, notwithstanding its improbable appearance, correct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, concerning · **What happens:** ascertain, follow, concern, notwithstand · **To what, where:** human body, improbable appearance

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 6 «Growing, skin, hair and food» 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/6-growing-skin-hair-and-food/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:e4:1
# text = Ascertain which of the following claims concerning the human body is, notwithstanding its improbable appearance, correct.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	claims	claim	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	parataxis	_	_
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	csubj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	acl	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	improbable	improbable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund |  | the human body |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus body=Experiencer |
| 4 | **notwithstand** | present · progressive | concerning | body's improbable appearance |  |  |  |  | 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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Blood is blue until exposed to air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:e4:o1:1
# text = Blood is blue until exposed to air
1	Blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	exposed	expose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Blood |  |  |  |  | blue *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **expose** | participle | Blood *not said here* |  | air |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to air=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hair and nails continue to grow after death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:e4:o2:1
# text = Hair and nails continue to grow after death
1	Hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	continue	continue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | present | Hair and nails |  |  |  |  |  | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **grow** | to-infinitive | Hair and nails *not said here* |  |  |  | after death |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Excessive consumption of carrots may tint the skin orange

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:e4:o3:1
# text = Excessive consumption of carrots may tint the skin orange
1	Excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	tint	tint	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	orange	orange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tint** | may | Excessive consumption of carrots | the skin orange |  |  |  |  | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent orange=Patient |
| 2 | **consume** |  |  | carrots |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Removal of one grey hair occasions the growth of two in its place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:e4:o4:1
# text = Removal of one grey hair occasions the growth of two in its place
1	Removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	occasions	occasion	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occasion** | present | Removal of one grey hair | the growth of two |  | Removal's place |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **remove** |  |  | one grey hair |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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