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title: Which is the best reason to tell an adult about a splinter? — Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is the best reason to tell an adult about a splinter? Test 9 · ★★ 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 9 · ★★ · Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma

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Which is the best reason to tell an adult about a splinter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, tell · **To what, where:** best reason, adult · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t9:1
# text = Which is the best reason to tell an adult about a splinter?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	splinter	splinter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the best reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  | a adult |  |  | about a splinter | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient about splinter=Topic |

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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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An adult can take it out cleanly so it does not get infected

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t9:o1:1
# text = An adult can take it out cleanly so it does not get infected
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	cleanly	cleanly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	infected	infect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take out** | can | a adult | it |  |  |  | cleanly *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **infect** | present · passive · do-support |  | adult |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A splinter grows deeper every hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t9:o2:1
# text = A splinter grows deeper every hour
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	splinter	splinter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	deeper	deep	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | a splinter |  |  |  | hour | deep *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Adults collect splinters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t9:o3:1
# text = Adults collect splinters
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	collect	collect	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	splinters	splinter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **collect** | present | Adults | splinters |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent splinter=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Splinters always need a trip to the hospital and an operation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t9:o4:1
# text = Splinters always need a trip to the hospital and an operation
1	Splinters	splinter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	operation	operation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Splinters | a trip |  |  |  | to the hospital and a operation; always *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot trip=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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