Test 6 · ★ · The heart and blood

My uncle's a marathon runner and his heart beats slowly when he rests. is that bad??

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: uncle, heart, marathon runner · What happens: be, beat, rest · To what, where: marathon runner

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 65 «The heart and blood» 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	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 runner	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 runner	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 runner	det
5	marathon	marathon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 runner	compound
6	runner	runner	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bad	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 beats	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 heart	nmod:poss
9	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 beats	nsubj
10	beats	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 runner	conj
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	10 beats	advmod
12	when	when	SCONJ	_	14 rests	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 rests	nsubj
14	rests	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 beats	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 runner	punct
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 bad	cop
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 bad	mark
18	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
19	??	??	PUNCT	_	18 bad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	My uncle	a marathon runner		tree rules
2	beat	present	his heart		slowly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	rest	present	heart			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	present	a marathon runner		bad property	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

Yes, his heart is getting tired and stopping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 getting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 getting	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 heart	nmod:poss
4	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 getting	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 getting	aux
6	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 getting	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stopping	cc
9	stopping	stop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 getting	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · progressive	his heart					tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	stop	gerund	his heart not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, a fit heart pumps more blood each beat, so it needs fewer

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 pumps	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 heart	det
4	fit	fit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 heart	amod
5	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pumps	nsubj
6	pumps	pump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 blood	amod
8	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pumps	obj
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 beat	det
10	beat	beat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pumps	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 needs	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 needs	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 needs	nsubj
14	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pumps	conj
15	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 needs	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pump	present	a fit heart	more blood					tree rules
2	need	present	heart					few property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

Yes, it means he has too little blood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 little	advmod
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 blood	amod
9	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present	he	little blood					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient

Option 4

No, it means his heart has stopped growing and has reached its full size

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 heart	nmod:poss
6	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stopped	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stopped	aux
8	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 means	ccomp
9	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 stopped	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 reached	cc
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 reached	aux
12	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 stopped	conj
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 size	nmod:poss
14	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 size	amod
15	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reached	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	it		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stop	present · perfect	his heart		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	grow	gerund	his heart not said here		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	reach	present · perfect	his heart not said here	heart's full size	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent size=Theme

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