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title: my nan says putting ice straight on a bruise "freezes the skin off".… — Drinking water, cuts, bruises, head bu… · tree and pragmatics
description: my nan says putting ice straight on a bruise "freezes the skin off". what's the true bit Test 14 · ★★ 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
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# Test 14 · ★★ · Drinking water, cuts, bruises, head bumps, burns, growing…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my nan says putting ice straight on a bruise "freezes the skin off". what's the true bit

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nan, putting · **What happens:** say, put, freeze off, be · **To what, where:** ice, bruise, skin, true bit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 318 «Drinking water, cuts, bruises, head bumps, burns, growing and needing glasses» 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/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing:t14:1
# text = my nan says putting ice straight on a bruise "freezes the skin off". what's the true bit
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	putting	put	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bruise	bruise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	freezes	freeze	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my nan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **put** | gerund |  | ice |  | a bruise |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent ice=Theme on bruise=Destination |
| 3 | **freeze off** *in a quote* | present | putting | the skin |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient skin=Result |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | the true bit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ice should always go straight on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing:t14:o1:1
# text = Ice should always go straight on
1	Ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | should | Ice |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never put ice straight on skin; wrap it in a cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing:t14:o2:1
# text = Never put ice straight on skin; wrap it in a cloth
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	wrap	wrap	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | ice |  | skin |  | straight *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent ice=Theme on skin=Destination |
| 2 | **wrap** | infinitive |  | ice |  | a cloth |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in cloth=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bruises need nothing at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing:t14:o3:1
# text = Bruises need nothing at all
1	Bruises	bruise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Bruises | nothing |  | all |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot nothing=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bruises need heat, not cold, so put a hot towel on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing:t14:o4:1
# text = Bruises need heat, not cold, so put a hot towel on
1	Bruises	bruise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Bruises | heat |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot heat=Theme |
| 2 | **put on** | infinitive |  | a hot towel |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent towel=Goal |

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