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title: State the principal reason for which a plaster cast is applied to a… — The cast: itching, signing and the saw · tree and pragmatics
description: State the principal reason for which a plaster cast is applied to a fractured limb. Exam question 1 of lesson 2 «The cast: itching, signing and the saw» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was righ
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# Exam question 1 · The cast: itching, signing and the saw

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State the principal reason for which a plaster cast is applied to a fractured limb.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** apply, fracture · **To what, where:** plaster cast

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2 «The cast: itching, signing and the saw» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/medicine/2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:e1:1
# text = State the principal reason for which a plaster cast is applied to a fractured limb.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	plaster	plaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	cast	cast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	fractured	fracture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	limb	limb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present · passive |  | a plaster cast |  |  |  | for the State principal reason; to a fractured limb | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for which=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fracture** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To immobilise the bone throughout the period of healing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:e1:o1:1
# text = To immobilise the bone throughout the period of healing
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	immobilise	immobilise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	healing	healing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **immobilise** | to-infinitive |  | the bone |  |  | throughout the period of healing |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To protect the limb from airborne germs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:e1:o2:1
# text = To protect the limb from airborne germs
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	protect	protect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	limb	limb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	airborne	airborne	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | to-infinitive |  | the limb |  |  |  | from airborne germs | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent limb=Beneficiary from germ=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To accelerate the healing of the bone to a matter of days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:e1:o3:1
# text = To accelerate the healing of the bone to a matter of days
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	accelerate	accelerate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	healing	healing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accelerate** | to-infinitive |  | the healing of the bone |  |  |  | to a matter of days | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent healing=Patient |
| 2 | **heal** |  | the bone |  |  |  |  |  | nom healing «process intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **matter** |  | days |  |  |  |  |  | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To indicate to others that the limb is injured

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:e1:o4:1
# text = To indicate to others that the limb is injured
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	limb	limb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	injured	injure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to others | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to other=Experiencer |
| 2 | **injure** | present · passive |  | the limb |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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