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title: itches like mad mate, gonna stick my ruler down there. good idea? — The cast: itching, signing and the saw · tree and pragmatics
description: itches like mad mate, gonna stick my ruler down there. good idea? Test 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 right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · The cast: itching, signing and the saw

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
itches like mad mate, gonna stick my ruler down there. good idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** itch, stick · **To what, where:** ruler

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2 «The cast: itching, signing and the saw» of the medicine 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/medicine/2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t1:1
# text = itches like mad mate, gonna stick my ruler down there. good idea?
1	itches	itch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	dep	_	_
7	stick	stick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	down	down	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
13	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **itch** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like mad mate | vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **stick** | imperative | you *not said here* | my ruler |  | there |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ruler=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, as long as it's a wooden ruler and you go really slowly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, as long as it's a wooden ruler and you go really slowly
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	really	really	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a wooden ruler |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | present | you |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, rulers are smooth so it's safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, rulers are smooth so it's safe
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	rulers	ruler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | rulers |  |  |  |  | smooth *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it can scratch the skin and cause an infection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t1:o3:1
# text = No, it can scratch the skin and cause an infection
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	scratch	scratch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	infection	infection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scratch** | can | it | the skin |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme |
| 2 | **cause** | infinitive |  | a infection |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition infection=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, use a knitting needle instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t1:o4:1
# text = No, use a knitting needle instead
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	knitting	knitting	NOUN	NN	_	6	compound	_	_
6	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a knitting needle |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needle=Patient |

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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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