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title: Kieran's chin's split and bleeding after a scuffle on the kerb. What… — What fights cost: bruises, noses and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kieran's chin's split and bleeding after a scuffle on the kerb. What's right? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 374 «What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth» 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 right.
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# Test 6 · ★★ · What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth

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Kieran's chin's split and bleeding after a scuffle on the kerb. What's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** chin · **What happens:** bleed, split, be

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 374 «What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth» 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/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kieran's chin's split and bleeding after a scuffle on the kerb.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth:t6:1
# text = Kieran's chin's split and bleeding after a scuffle on the kerb.
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	chin	chin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	split	split	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	bleeding	bleed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	scuffle	scuffle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	kerb	kerb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bleed** | gerund |  |  |  |  | after a scuffle on the kerb |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 2 | **split** |  | Kieran's chin |  |  |  |  |  | nom split «act transitive»: 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth:t6:2
# text = What's right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Carry on with the scuffle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth:t6:o1:1
# text = Carry on with the scuffle
1	Carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	scuffle	scuffle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry on** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the scuffle | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Take a photo for the group chat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth:t6:o2:1
# text = Take a photo for the group chat
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | a photo |  |  |  | for the group chat | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent photo=Theme for chat=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Get an adult, he may need stitches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth:t6:o3:1
# text = Get an adult, he may need stitches
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	stitches	stitch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | infinitive | adult *not said here* | a adult |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus |
| 2 | **need** | may | adult | stitches |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stitch=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tell him to rub some dirt on it and carry on playing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth:t6:o4:1
# text = Tell him to rub some dirt on it and carry on playing
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	rub	rub	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	playing	playing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **rub** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | some dirt |  | dirt |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme on it=Destination |
| 3 | **carry on** | infinitive | you *not said here* | playing |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent playing=Theme |

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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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