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title: why am I puffing so hard after running — Lungs, air and keeping fit · tree and pragmatics
description: why am I puffing so hard after running Test 10 · ★ 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; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Lungs, air and keeping fit

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why am I puffing so hard after running

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** puff, run

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 93 «Lungs, air and keeping fit» 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/93-lungs-air-keeping-fit/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:93-lungs-air-keeping-fit:t10:1
# text = why am I puffing so hard after running
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	puffing	puff	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **puff** | present · progressive | I |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 2 | **run** | gerund | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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You need to breathe out all the oxygen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:93-lungs-air-keeping-fit:t10:o1:1
# text = You need to breathe out all the oxygen
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	breathe	breathe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **breathe out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | all oxygen |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Running makes the air thinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:93-lungs-air-keeping-fit:t10:o2:1
# text = Running makes the air thinner
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	thinner	thin	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | the air |  |  |  | thin *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset air=Product |

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

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You breathe faster and deeper to get more oxygen to your muscles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:93-lungs-air-keeping-fit:t10:o3:1
# text = You breathe faster and deeper to get more oxygen to your muscles
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	breathe	breathe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	deeper	deep	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breathe** | present | You |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | more oxygen |  |  |  | to your muscles | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer oxygen=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Your lungs get smaller when you run

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:93-lungs-air-keeping-fit:t10:o4:1
# text = Your lungs get smaller when you run
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	lungs	lung	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Your lungs |  |  |  |  | small *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **run** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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