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title: After brushing stinging nettles, a boy rubs his leg hard. Why is tha… — Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma · tree and pragmatics
description: After brushing stinging nettles, a boy rubs his leg hard. Why is that a mistake? Test 7 · ★★ 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 7 · ★★ · Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma

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After brushing stinging nettles, a boy rubs his leg hard. Why is that a mistake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** brush, sting, rub, be · **To what, where:** stinging nettles, leg, mistake

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* After brushing stinging nettles, a boy rubs his leg hard.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t7:1
# text = After brushing stinging nettles, a boy rubs his leg hard.
1	After	after	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	brushing	brush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
3	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	amod	_	_
4	nettles	nettle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	rubs	rub	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brush** | gerund | a boy *not said here* | stinging nettles |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent nettle=Theme |
| 2 | **sting** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **rub** | present | a boy | boy's leg |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent leg=Theme |

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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 is that a mistake?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t7:2
# text = Why is that a mistake?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a mistake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Rubbing spreads the sting further

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t7:o1:1
# text = Rubbing spreads the sting further
1	Rubbing	rub	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spreads	spread	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	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	further	further	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **spread** | present |  | the sting |  |  |  | further *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sting=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rubbing makes the nettles grow back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t7:o2:1
# text = Rubbing makes the nettles grow back
1	Rubbing	rub	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	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	nettles	nettle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	xcomp	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **grow back** | present | the nettles |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rubbing pushes the plant into your blood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t7:o3:1
# text = Rubbing pushes the plant into your blood
1	Rubbing	rub	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pushes	push	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	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **push** | present |  | the plant |  | your blood |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent plant=Theme into blood=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rubbing turns the sting into a rash for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t7:o4:1
# text = Rubbing turns the sting into a rash for years
1	Rubbing	rub	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	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	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rash	rash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **turn** | present |  | the sting |  | a rash for years |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent sting=Theme into rash=Trajectory |

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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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