--- title: Which is the best way to deal with a thorn in your knee? — Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thor… · tree and pragmatics description: Which is the best way to deal with a thorn in your knee? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» 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 wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thor…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★ · Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants… Which is the best way to deal with a thorn in your knee? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, deal · **To what, where:** best way This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» 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/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t5:1 # text = Which is the best way to deal with a thorn in your knee? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 deal deal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 knee knee NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the best way | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **deal** | to-infinitive | | | | | | with a thorn in your knee | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with thorn=Theme | 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 {#o1} Ignore it for a week ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t5:o1:1 # text = Ignore it for a week 1 Ignore ignore VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | week | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Squeeze it hard with dirty fingers until it pops out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t5:o2:1 # text = Squeeze it hard with dirty fingers until it pops out 1 Squeeze squeeze VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 7 until until SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 pops pop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squeeze** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | with dirty fingers; hard *property* | vn touch-20 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with finger=Instrument | | 2 | **pop out** | present | it | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Rub dirt on it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t5:o3:1 # text = Rub dirt on it 1 Rub rub VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 dirt dirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | imperative | you *not said here* | dirt | | dirt | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme on it=Destination | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Ask a grown-up to take it out carefully ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t5:o4:1 # text = Ask a grown-up to take it out carefully 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 grown grown NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 up up NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 10 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | a grown up | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent up=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **take out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | up | | | | carefully *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | **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. 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