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title: Two children run the same race: one at the seaside, one high in the… — Thinking like a scientist: the body an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Two children run the same race: one at the seaside, one high in the mountains. Who breathes harder? Test 4 · ★★★ 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; Mo
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics

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Two children run the same race: one at the seaside, one high in the mountains. Who breathes harder?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Two children · **What happens:** run, breathe · **To what, where:** same race

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This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two children run the same race: one at the seaside, one high in the mountains.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t4:1
# text = Two children run the same race: one at the seaside, one high in the mountains.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	appos	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	seaside	seaside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	conj	_	_
14	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | Two children | the same race |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme race=Trajectory |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Who breathes harder?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t4:2
# text = Who breathes harder?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	breathes	breathe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breathe** | present |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Both exactly the same, wherever they run

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t4:o1:1
# text = Both exactly the same, wherever they run
1	Both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc:preconj	_	_
2	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	wherever	wherever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | they |  |  |  |  | wherever *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The one at the seaside, where air is heavier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t4:o2:1
# text = The one at the seaside, where air is heavier
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	seaside	seaside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the one at the seaside and air |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |

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

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The one in the mountains, where each breath has less oxygen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t4:o3:1
# text = The one in the mountains, where each breath has less oxygen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
11	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | each breath | less oxygen |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The one at the seaside, because sea air has no oxygen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t4:o4:1
# text = The one at the seaside, because sea air has no oxygen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	seaside	seaside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the one at the seaside | no oxygen |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Patient |

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