--- title: What does the spinal cord have around it for protection? — The skeleton and muscles · tree and pragmatics description: What does the spinal cord have around it for protection? Test 9 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · The skeleton and muscles What does the spinal cord have around it for protection? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** spinal cord · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** it This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t9:1 # text = What does the spinal cord have around it for protection? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 spinal spinal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 around around ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 protection protection NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present · do-support | the spinal cord | | | it | | for protection | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The bones of the backbone ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t9:o1:1 # text = The bones of the backbone 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 backbone backbone NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The two long thigh bones of the legs ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t9:o2:1 # text = The two long thigh bones of the legs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 thigh thigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The hard bones of the skull ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t9:o3:1 # text = The hard bones of the skull 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 skull skull NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The curved ribs of the chest ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t9:o4:1 # text = The curved ribs of the chest 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 curved curve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 ribs rib NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **curve** | participle | | | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material | **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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