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title: Identify the principal sign that a cut has become infected. — Drinking water, cuts, bruises, head bu… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal sign that a cut has become infected. Exam question 2 of lesson 318 «Drinking water, cuts, bruises, head bumps, burns, growing and needing glasses» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Exam question 2 · Drinking water, cuts, bruises, head bumps, burns, growing…

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Identify the principal sign that a cut has become infected.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, cut · **What happens:** identify, become · **To what, where:** principal sign

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 318 «Drinking water, cuts, bruises, head bumps, burns, growing and needing glasses» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal sign that a cut has become infected.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cut	cut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
10	infected	infected	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal sign |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sign=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | present · perfect | a cut |  |  |  |  | infected *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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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It turns red, hot and swollen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing:e2:o1:1
# text = It turns red, hot and swollen
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	swollen	swollen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | It |  |  |  |  | red *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It forms a dry scab

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing:e2:o2:1
# text = It forms a dry scab
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forms	form	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	scab	scab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present | It | a dry scab |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location scab=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It stops bleeding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing:e2:o3:1
# text = It stops bleeding
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bleeding	bleed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **bleed** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It becomes slightly itchy while healing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing:e2:o4:1
# text = It becomes slightly itchy while healing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	slightly	slightly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	itchy	itchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	healing	heal	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | It |  |  |  |  | itchy *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **heal** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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