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title: grandad says put toothpaste on a burn — Home myths, first aid and weather warn… · tree and pragmatics
description: grandad says put toothpaste on a burn Test 15 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 15 · ★★ · Home myths, first aid and weather warnings

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grandad says put toothpaste on a burn

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** put · **To what, where:** grandad, burn

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This is test 15 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» of the everyday 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/everyday/120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t15:1
# text = grandad says put toothpaste on a burn
1	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | present · passive |  | grandad |  | a burn |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset toothpaste=Goal |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, cool running water for 20 minutes is right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t15:o1:1
# text = No, cool running water for 20 minutes is right
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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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 | **is** | present | cool running water for 20 minutes |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, toothpaste cools the burn and is the best thing to use

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t15:o2:1
# text = Yes, toothpaste cools the burn and is the best thing to use
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cools	cool	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool** | present | toothpaste | the burn |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent burn=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | toothpaste *not said here* | the best thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | to-infinitive | toothpaste *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, with butter too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t15:o3:1
# text = Yes, with butter too
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Use ice for an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t15:o4:1
# text = Use ice for an hour
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | ice |  |  | hour |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ice=Patient |

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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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