Test 9 · ★ · DNA simply: the recipe in every cell

«if my DNA's 2 metres in every cell, why ain't I massive» What is the answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: massive · What happens: be · To what, where: answer

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 277 «DNA simply: the recipe in every cell» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 massive	punct
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 cell	mark
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 DNA	nmod:poss
4	DNA	DNA	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 metres	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 DNA	case
6	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 metres	nummod
7	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cell	nsubj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 cell	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 cell	det
10	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 massive	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cell	punct
12	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	16 massive	advmod
13	ai	ai	X	Foreign=Yes	16 massive	nsubj
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 massive	advmod
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 massive	nsubj
16	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 answer	nsubj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 massive	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 answer	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 answer	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 answer	det
21	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	21 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	massive	the answer					tree rules

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

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

It is coiled up very tightly into the tiny nucleus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 coiled	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 coiled	aux:pass
3	coiled	coil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 coiled	compound:prt
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 tightly	advmod
6	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	3 coiled	advmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	10 nucleus	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 nucleus	det
9	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 nucleus	amod
10	nucleus	nucleus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coiled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coil up	present · passive		It		the tiny nucleus		tightly property	vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme into nucleus=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It is stretched outside your body in an invisible cloud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stretched	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stretched	aux:pass
3	stretched	stretch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	outside	outside	ADP	_	6 body	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 body	nmod:poss
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stretched	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 cloud	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cloud	det
9	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cloud	amod
10	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stretched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stretch	present · passive		It				outside your body; in a invisible cloud	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in cloud=Topic

Option 3

It shrinks every night when you sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shrinks	nsubj
2	shrinks	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 night	det
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shrinks	obl:unmarked
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 sleep	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 sleep	nsubj
7	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shrinks	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	present	It				night		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	sleep	present	you						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The DNA is in your bones only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 DNA	det
2	DNA	DNA	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bones	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bones	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 bones	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 bones	nmod:poss
6	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	only	only	ADV	_	6 bones	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the DNA			your bones			tree rules

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