--- title: my arm muscle pulls it bent, so what straightens it back, does it ju… — The skeleton and muscles · tree and pragmatics description: my arm muscle pulls it bent, so what straightens it back, does it just push? Test 11 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/31-skeleton-and-muscles/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [The skeleton and muscles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/31-skeleton-and-muscles/) / t11 # Test 11 · The skeleton and muscles my arm muscle pulls it bent, so what straightens it back, does it just push? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** arm muscle, muscle · **What happens:** pull, straighten back, push · **To what, where:** it, muscle This is test 11 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t11:1 # text = my arm muscle pulls it bent, so what straightens it back, does it just push? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 muscle muscle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pulls pull VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 bent bent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj _ _ 10 straightens straighten VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 just just ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 push push VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | present | my arm muscle | it | | | | bent *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **straighten back** | present | | muscle | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 3 | **push** | present · do-support | muscle | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | 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} The bone springs back by itself ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t11:o1:1 # text = The bone springs back by itself 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 springs spring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spring back** | present | the bone | | | | | by bone | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} The elbow joint pushes it straight ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t11:o2:1 # text = The elbow joint pushes it straight 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 elbow elbow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 joint joint NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pushes push VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 straight straight ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | present | the elbow joint | it | | | | straight *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The biceps pushes the arm back straight ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t11:o3:1 # text = The biceps pushes the arm back straight 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 biceps biceps NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pushes push VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 straight straight ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push back** | present | the biceps | the arm | | | | straight *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Another muscle at the back, the triceps, pulls it straight ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t11:o4:1 # text = Another muscle at the back, the triceps, pulls it straight 1 Another another DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 muscle muscle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 triceps triceps NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 pulls pull VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 straight straight ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | present | another muscle at the back and the triceps | back | | | | straight *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | **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. 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