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title: a video said you get dizzy after spinning cos your brain gets tired.… — Thinking like a scientist: the body an… · tree and pragmatics
description: a video said you get dizzy after spinning cos your brain gets tired. right? Test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics» 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.
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# Test 14 · ★★★ · Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics

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a video said you get dizzy after spinning cos your brain gets tired. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** video, you, brain · **What happens:** say, get, spin · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics» 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/40-body-and-physics-reasoning/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t14:1
# text = a video said you get dizzy after spinning cos your brain gets tired. right?
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	dizzy	dizzy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
13	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
15	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a video |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | present | you |  |  |  |  | dizzy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **spin** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **get** | present | your brain |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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, spinning tires the brain out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t14:o1:1
# text = Yes, spinning tires the brain out
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
4	tires	tire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **tire out** | present |  | the brain |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus brain=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, blood leaves the brain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t14:o2:1
# text = Yes, blood leaves the brain
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | blood | the brain |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, fluid in the inner ear keeps moving and confuses the brain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t14:o3:1
# text = No, fluid in the inner ear keeps moving and confuses the brain
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	fluid	fluid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	inner	inner	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	confuses	confuse	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | fluid in the inner ear |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | gerund | fluid in the inner ear *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **confuse** | present | fluid in the inner ear *not said here* | the brain |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, the eyes stop working for a while

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t14:o4:1
# text = No, the eyes stop working for a while
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | the eyes |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **work** | gerund | the eyes *not said here* |  |  |  | while |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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