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title: A girl's burn has a big blister. Why should it be left alone? — Bruises, head bumps, nosebleeds and bu… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl's burn has a big blister. Why should it be left alone? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · Bruises, head bumps, nosebleeds and burns

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A girl's burn has a big blister. Why should it be left alone?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** burn, girl · **What happens:** have, burn, leave · **To what, where:** big blister, burn

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl's burn has a big blister.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t7:1
# text = A girl's burn has a big blister.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	blister	blister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a girl's burn | a big blister |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blister=Patient |
| 2 | **burn** |  | a girl |  |  |  |  |  | nom burn «state intransitive»: 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:* Why should it be left alone?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t7:2
# text = Why should it be left alone?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | should · passive |  | burn |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Popping it makes the burn hotter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t7:o1:1
# text = Popping it makes the burn hotter
1	Popping	pop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pop** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | present | Popping | the burn |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset burn=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Blisters always go away by themselves in an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t7:o2:1
# text = Blisters always go away by themselves in an hour
1	Blisters	blister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go away** | present | Blisters |  |  |  | hour | by Blisters *= blister*; always, away *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by themselves=Location |

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

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It protects the skin underneath from infection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t7:o3:1
# text = It protects the skin underneath from infection
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	underneath	underneath	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	infection	infection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | present | It | the skin |  |  |  | from infection; underneath *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Beneficiary from infection=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It will become a scab if left long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t7:o4:1
# text = It will become a scab if left long
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	scab	scab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | future | It | a scab |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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