--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — The heart, blood and breathing · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the arteries? Exam question 2 of lesson 32 «The heart, blood and breathing» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/32-heart-blood-breathing/e2/) [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 heart, blood and breathing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/32-heart-blood-breathing/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The heart, blood and breathing Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the arteries? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** arteries This is exam question 2 of lesson 32 «The heart, blood and breathing» of the world 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/world/32-heart-blood-breathing/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:32-heart-blood-breathing:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the arteries? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 arteries artery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the arteries | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} They convey blood back to the heart from the body ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:32-heart-blood-breathing:e2:o1:1 # text = They convey blood back to the heart from the body 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 convey convey VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **convey back** | present | They | blood | the heart from the body | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent blood=Topic to heart=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} They convey air down the windpipe to the lungs ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:32-heart-blood-breathing:e2:o2:1 # text = They convey air down the windpipe to the lungs 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 convey convey VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 down down ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 windpipe windpipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lungs lung NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **convey** | present | They | air | the lungs | | | down the windpipe | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent air=Topic to lung=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They convey blood away from the heart ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:32-heart-blood-breathing:e2:o3:1 # text = They convey blood away from the heart 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 convey convey VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **convey away** | present | They | blood | | the heart | | away *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent blood=Theme from heart=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} They convey food from the mouth to the stomach ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:32-heart-blood-breathing:e2:o4:1 # text = They convey food from the mouth to the stomach 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 convey convey VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **convey** | present | They | food | | the mouth | | to the stomach | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent food=Theme from mouth=Initial\_Location to stomach=Destination | **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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