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description: «banged me elbow, me pinky's tingling, did I break a bone» What is most likely? Test 5 of lesson 358 «Bones by name: shoulders, arms and hands» of the biology 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 5 · Bones by name: shoulders, arms and hands

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«banged me elbow, me pinky's tingling, did I break a bone» What is most likely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, pinky · **What happens:** bang, break, be, tingle · **To what, where:** me, bone

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This is test 5 of lesson 358 «Bones by name: shoulders, arms and hands» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands:t5:1
# text = «banged me elbow, me pinky's tingling, did I break a bone» What is most likely?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	banged	bang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	elbow	elbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
7	pinky	pinky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	tingling	tingling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	obj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	20	advmod	_	_
20	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	17	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bang** *in a quote* | past |  | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **break** *in a quote* | past · do-support | I | a bone |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **tingle** *in a quote* |  | pinky |  |  |  |  |  | nom tingling «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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You hit the nerve called the funny bone; the tingling soon stops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands:t5:o1:1
# text = You hit the nerve called the funny bone; the tingling soon stops
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nerve	nerve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tingling	tingling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
13	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | You | the nerve |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nerve=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **call** | participle | the nerve *not said here* | the funny bone |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bone=Recipient |
| 3 | **stop** | present | the tingling |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The little finger is broken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands:t5:o2:1
# text = The little finger is broken
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present · passive |  | the little finger |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, you snapped the funny bone clean in half and it needs a plaster cast

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands:t5:o3:1
# text = Yes, you snapped the funny bone clean in half and it needs a plaster cast
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	snapped	snap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	plaster	plaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	cast	cast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snap** | past | you | the funny bone |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bone=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | present | bone | a plaster cast |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cast=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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You hit a vein in the finger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands:t5:o4:1
# text = You hit a vein in the finger
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hit	hit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	vein	vein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | present | You | a vein |  | the finger |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent vein=Theme in finger=Destination |

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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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