--- title: Identify the function of the red blood cells. — The heart, blood and breathing · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the function of the red blood cells. Exam question 3 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 right. --- [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/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The heart, blood and breathing Identify the function of the red blood cells. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** function This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:32-heart-blood-breathing:e3:1 # text = Identify the function of the red blood cells. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 function function NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 cells cell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the function of the red blood cells | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme | 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 conveyance of oxygen ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:32-heart-blood-breathing:e3:o1:1 # text = The conveyance of oxygen 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 conveyance conveyance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 oxygen oxygen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **convey** | | | oxygen | | | | | nom conveyance «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The transmission of nerve signals ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:32-heart-blood-breathing:e3:o2:1 # text = The transmission of nerve signals 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 transmission transmission NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 nerve nerve NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 signals signal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **transmit** | | | nerve signals | | | | | nom transmission «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The combating of germs ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:32-heart-blood-breathing:e3:o3:1 # text = The combating of germs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 combating combat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **combat** | gerund | | | | | | of germs | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The digestion of food ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:32-heart-blood-breathing:e3:o4:1 # text = The digestion of food 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 digestion digestion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **digest** | | | food | | | | | nom digestion «process transitive»: of=patient | **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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