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title: Grandpa says to put butter on a burn, as people did long ago. What i… — Bruises, head bumps, nosebleeds and bu… · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandpa says to put butter on a burn, as people did long ago. What is true? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 84 «Bruises, head bumps, nosebleeds and burns» 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 5 · ★ · Bruises, head bumps, nosebleeds and burns

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Grandpa says to put butter on a burn, as people did long ago. What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Grandpa, people · **What happens:** say, put, do, be · **To what, where:** butter, burn · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 84 «Bruises, head bumps, nosebleeds and burns» 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/84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandpa says to put butter on a burn, as people did long ago.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t5:1
# text = Grandpa says to put butter on a burn, as people did long ago.
1	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
13	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
14	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grandpa |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **put** | to-infinitive | Grandpa *not said here* | butter |  | a burn |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent butter=Theme on burn=Destination |
| 3 | **do** | past | people |  |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t5:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Butter works if you add salt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t5:o1:1
# text = Butter works if you add salt
1	Butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	add	add	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Butter |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | salt |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Butter is fine for small burns only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t5:o2:1
# text = Butter is fine for small burns only
1	Butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	burns	burn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Butter |  |  |  |  | for small burns; fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Butter is still the best first aid for any burn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t5:o3:1
# text = Butter is still the best first aid for any burn
1	Butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	aid	aid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Butter | the best first aid |  |  | still | for any burn | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Butter can make burns worse; use cool water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t5:o4:1
# text = Butter can make burns worse; use cool water
1	Butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	burns	burn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | Butter | burns |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material burn=Product |
| 2 | **use** | infinitive | Butter *not said here* | cool water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=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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