--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises brea… — Lungs, air and keeping fit · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises breathed-out air in comparison with breathed-in air? Exam question 2 of lesson 93 «Lungs, air and keeping fit» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/93-lungs-air-keeping-fit/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/) / [Lungs, air and keeping fit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/93-lungs-air-keeping-fit/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Lungs, air and keeping fit Which of the following statements most accurately characterises breathed-out air in comparison with breathed-in air? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** following statements · **What happens:** follow, characteris, breathe out, breathe · **To what, where:** breathed air, comparison, air This is exam question 2 of lesson 93 «Lungs, air and keeping fit» 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/93-lungs-air-keeping-fit/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:93-lungs-air-keeping-fit:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises breathed-out air in comparison with breathed-in air? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 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 0 root _ _ 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 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 breathed breathe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 12 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 comparison comparison NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 with with SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 breathed breathe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 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 following statements *not said here* | breathed air | | comparison | | accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **breathe out** | participle | | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **breathe** | participle | | comparison *not said here* | | air | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} It contains less oxygen and more carbon dioxide ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:93-lungs-air-keeping-fit:e2:o1:1 # text = It contains less oxygen and more carbon dioxide 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 oxygen oxygen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 7 carbon carbon NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 dioxide dioxide NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | present | It | less oxygen and more carbon dioxide | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot oxygen=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is identical in composition ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:93-lungs-air-keeping-fit:e2:o2:1 # text = It is identical in composition 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 identical identical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 composition composition NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | composition | | identical *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It contains more oxygen and less carbon dioxide ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:93-lungs-air-keeping-fit:e2:o3:1 # text = It contains more oxygen and less carbon dioxide 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 oxygen oxygen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 7 carbon carbon NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 dioxide dioxide NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | present | It | more oxygen and less carbon dioxide | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot oxygen=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It contains no oxygen whatsoever ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:93-lungs-air-keeping-fit:e2:o4:1 # text = It contains no oxygen whatsoever 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 oxygen oxygen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | present | It | no oxygen | | | | whatsoever *property* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot oxygen=Theme | **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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