--- title: Is it rude to ask friends to sign your cast? — The cast: itching, signing and the saw · tree and pragmatics description: Is it rude to ask friends to sign your cast? Test 11 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [The cast: itching, signing and the saw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · The cast: itching, signing and the saw Is it rude to ask friends to sign your cast? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be, ask, sign · **To what, where:** friends, cast This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t11:1 # text = Is it rude to ask friends to sign your cast? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 6 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 iobj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 sign sign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 cast cast NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | rude *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | | friends | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **sign** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | your cast | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent cast=Destination | 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} No, doctors don't mind writing on the outside ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t11:o1:1 # text = No, doctors don't mind writing on the outside 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 doctors doctor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 writing write VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 outside outside NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **mind** | present · do-support | doctors | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **write** | gerund | doctors *not said here* | | | the outside | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on outside=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, it damages the bone ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t11:o2:1 # text = Yes, it damages the bone 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 damages damage VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **damage** | present | it | the bone | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument bone=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, only doctors and nurses are allowed to write on it ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t11:o3:1 # text = Yes, only doctors and nurses are allowed to write on it 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 doctors doctor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 nurses nurse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **allow** | present · passive | | doctors and nurses | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **write** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | doctors and nurses *not said here* | | | it | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on it=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, but only with a pencil ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t11:o4:1 # text = No, but only with a pencil 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pencil pencil NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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