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title: Pursuant to an injury inflicted by a rusty nail or by the bite of an… — Doctors, cuts and grazes · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to an injury inflicted by a rusty nail or by the bite of an animal, select the course of action consistent with the established facts. Exam question 3 of lesson 83 «Doctors, cuts and grazes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 3 · Doctors, cuts and grazes

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Pursuant to an injury inflicted by a rusty nail or by the bite of an animal, select the course of action consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** inflict, select, establish, bite · **To what, where:** injury, course, animal

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 83 «Doctors, cuts and grazes» 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/83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes:e3:1
# text = Pursuant to an injury inflicted by a rusty nail or by the bite of an animal, select the course of action consistent with the established facts.
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	inflicted	inflict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	rusty	rusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	nail	nail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
18	select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
23	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
24	with	with	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	amod	_	_
27	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inflict** | participle |  | a injury *not said here* |  |  |  | by a rusty nail or the bite of a animal | tree rules |
| 2 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  | pursuant *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **bite** |  |  | a animal |  |  |  |  | nom bite «state transitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An adult is informed, since a tetanus injection or medical examination may be required

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes:e3:o1:1
# text = An adult is informed, since a tetanus injection or medical examination may be required
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	informed	informed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
6	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	tetanus	tetanus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	injection	injection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a adult |  |  |  |  | informed *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **require** | may · passive |  | a tetanus injection or medical examination |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The nail or the animal is returned to its owner without further measures

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes:e3:o2:1
# text = The nail or the animal is returned to its owner without further measures
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nail	nail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	returned	return	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	without	without	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	measures	measure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | present · passive |  | the nail or the animal |  | animal's owner |  | without further measures | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to owner=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The wound is covered with a plaster and the incident is not reported to anyone

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes:e3:o3:1
# text = The wound is covered with a plaster and the incident is not reported to anyone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	plaster	plaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	incident	incident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | present · passive |  | the wound |  |  |  | with a plaster | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with plaster=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **report** | present · passive |  | the incident | anyone |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to anyone=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The injured party waits until pain develops on the following day before acting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes:e3:o4:1
# text = The injured party waits until pain develops on the following day before acting
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	injured	injured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	waits	wait	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	develops	develop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	acting	act	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | present | the injured party |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **develop** | present | pain |  |  |  | day |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **act** | gerund | pain *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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