Test 8 · ★ · The heart, blood and breathing

Why is the heart called a pump?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: call · To what, where: heart · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 32 «The heart, blood and breathing» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 called	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 called	aux:pass
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 heart	det
4	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	nsubj:pass
5	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pump	det
7	pump	pump	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	xcomp
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive		the heart					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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

It pumps thoughts up into the brain

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 pumps	nsubj
2	pumps	pump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pumps	obj
4	up	up	ADV	_	2 pumps	advmod
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 brain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brain	det
7	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pumps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pump up	present	It	thoughts		the brain			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thought=Theme into brain=Destination

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

It squeezes to push blood along

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 squeezes	nsubj
2	squeezes	squeeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 push	mark
4	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 squeezes	advcl
5	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 push	obj
6	along	along	ADV	_	4 push	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeeze	present	It						vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	push	to-infinitive		blood				along property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme

Option 3

It sucks air down into the lungs each time

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 sucks	nsubj
2	sucks	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sucks	obj
4	down	down	ADV	_	2 sucks	advmod
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 lungs	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lungs	det
7	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sucks	obl
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sucks	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suck down	present	It	air		the lungs	time	down property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent air=Source

Option 4

It pushes food down to the stomach

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 pushes	nsubj
2	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushes	obj
4	down	down	ADV	_	2 pushes	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 stomach	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stomach	det
7	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push down	present	It	food		the stomach		down property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent food=Theme to stomach=Trajectory

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