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description: A boy's nose bled after a football hit him hard in the face. What should he do? Test 9 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Bruises, head bumps, nosebleeds and burns

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A boy's nose bled after a football hit him hard in the face. What should he do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nose, football · **What happens:** bleed, hit, do · **To what, where:** nose, face

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy's nose bled after a football hit him hard in the face.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t9:1
# text = A boy's nose bled after a football hit him hard in the face.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bled	bleed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bleed** | past | a boy's nose |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hit** | past | a football | nose |  | the face |  | hard *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in face=Destination |

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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 should he do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t9:2
# text = What should he do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | football |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Get medical help, because it came after a big knock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t9:o1:1
# text = Get medical help, because it came after a big knock
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	knock	knock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | medical help |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come** | past | help |  |  |  | after a big knock |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Keep playing and pinch it at half time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t9:o2:1
# text = Keep playing and pinch it at half time
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	pinch	pinch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	half	half	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pinch** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  | time |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Blow his nose hard to stop it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t9:o3:1
# text = Blow his nose hard to stop it
1	Blow	blow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | imperative | you *not said here* | his nose |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent nose=Patient |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | nose |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tip his head back until it stops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns:t9:o4:1
# text = Tip his head back until it stops
1	Tip	tip	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tip back** | imperative | you *not said here* | his head |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | present | head |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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