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title: wait how come u can bend ur knee but not ur shin in the middle — The skeleton and muscles · tree and pragmatics
description: wait how come u can bend ur knee but not ur shin in the middle Test 10 of lesson 31 «The skeleton and muscles» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · The skeleton and muscles

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wait how come u can bend ur knee but not ur shin in the middle

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, u · **What happens:** wait, bend · **To what, where:** knee, middle

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This is test 10 of lesson 31 «The skeleton and muscles» of the world 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/world/31-skeleton-and-muscles/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t10:1
# text = wait how come u can bend ur knee but not ur shin in the middle
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	come	come	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
4	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
7	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	shin	shin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bend** | can | u | ur's knee but ur's shin |  | the middle |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent knee=Theme in middle=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The shin bone is too short to bend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t10:o1:1
# text = The shin bone is too short to bend
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shin	shin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the shin bone |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bend** | to-infinitive | the shin bone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The knee is a joint where two bones meet; the shin has no joint in its middle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t10:o2:1
# text = The knee is a joint where two bones meet; the shin has no joint in its middle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	joint	joint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	meet	meet	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shin	shin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	joint	joint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the knee | a joint |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **meet** | present | two bones |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **have** | present | the shin | no joint |  | shin's middle |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joint=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Muscles in the shin push it straight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t10:o3:1
# text = Muscles in the shin push it straight
1	Muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shin	shin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | infinitive | Muscles in the shin | shin |  |  |  | straight *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The knee has no bones inside it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t10:o4:1
# text = The knee has no bones inside it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the knee | no bones |  | it |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=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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