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title: Jack says nerves carry messages like little tubes of water. right? — The brain, nerves and the five senses · tree and pragmatics
description: Jack says nerves carry messages like little tubes of water. right? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 34 «The brain, nerves and the five senses» 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.
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# Test 13 · ★ · The brain, nerves and the five senses

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Jack says nerves carry messages like little tubes of water. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jack, nerves · **What happens:** say, carry · **To what, where:** messages · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 34 «The brain, nerves and the five senses» 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/34-brain-nerves-senses/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t13:1
# text = Jack says nerves carry messages like little tubes of water. right?
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nerves	nerve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tubes	tube	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Jack |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **carry** | present | nerves | messages |  |  |  | like little tubes of water | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |

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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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Yes, nerves are little tubes full of water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t13:o1:1
# text = Yes, nerves are little tubes full of water
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nerves	nerve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tubes	tube	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | nerves | little tubes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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No, nerves carry messages as tiny sounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t13:o2:1
# text = No, nerves carry messages as tiny sounds
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	nerves	nerve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | nerves | messages |  |  |  | as tiny sounds | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, they carry tiny electrical signals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t13:o3:1
# text = No, they carry tiny electrical signals
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	electrical	electrical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	signals	signal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | they | tiny electrical signals |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signal=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, the water pushes the message along inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t13:o4:1
# text = Yes, the water pushes the message along inside
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	along	along	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | present | the water | the message |  |  |  | along, inside *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |

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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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