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title: stung by a wasp, now my face is swelling n hard to breathe — Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma · tree and pragmatics
description: stung by a wasp, now my face is swelling n hard to breathe Test 16 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 16 · ★★ · Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma

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stung by a wasp, now my face is swelling n hard to breathe

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** face · **What happens:** sting, swell, breathe

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This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t16:1
# text = stung by a wasp, now my face is swelling n hard to breathe
1	stung	sting	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wasp	wasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	swelling	swell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
11	n	and	CCONJ	CC	Abbr=Yes	12	cc	_	_
12	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	breathe	breathe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **swell** | present · progressive | my face |  |  |  | now |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **breathe** | to-infinitive | my face *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Tell an adult, call the emergency number now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t16:o1:1
# text = Tell an adult, call the emergency number now
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 2 | **call** | infinitive |  | the emergency number |  |  | now |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rub mud on it and wait

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t16:o2:1
# text = Rub mud on it and wait
1	Rub	rub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Squeeze the sting out and keep playing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t16:o3:1
# text = Squeeze the sting out and keep playing
1	Squeeze	squeeze	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squeeze out** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sting |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sting=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **play** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sleep it off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t16:o4:1
# text = Sleep it off
1	Sleep	sleep	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	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep off** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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