--- title: touched nettles, rubbing it to make it better — Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma · tree and pragmatics description: touched nettles, rubbing it to make it better Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 85 «Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma touched nettles, rubbing it to make it better **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** touched nettles · **What happens:** touch, rub, make · **To what, where:** it This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 85 «Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma» 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/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t11:1 # text = touched nettles, rubbing it to make it better 1 touched touch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 nettles nettle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 rubbing rub VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | participle | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **rub** | gerund | touched nettles | it | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | touched nettles *not said here* | it | | | | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Do not rub, wash the skin instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t11:o1:1 # text = Do not rub, wash the skin instead 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 rub rub VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 wash wash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 instead instead ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **rub** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wash** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the skin | | | | instead *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Rub harder, it spreads the pain out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t11:o2:1 # text = Rub harder, it spreads the pain out 1 Rub rub NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 2 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 spreads spread VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread out** | present | Rub | the pain | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pain=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Rub dirt on it to soothe it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t11:o3:1 # text = Rub dirt on it to soothe it 1 Rub rub VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 dirt dirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 soothe soothe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | imperative | you *not said here* | dirt | | dirt | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme on it=Destination | | 2 | **soothe** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | dirt | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Scratch it until it stops ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t11:o4:1 # text = Scratch it until it stops 1 Scratch scratch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 until until SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | present | it | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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. 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