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description: In a film, a man's cast is sawn off and the saw spins like a circular saw. What's wrong? Test 4 · ★ 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 wron
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# Test 4 · ★ · The cast: itching, signing and the saw

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In a film, a man's cast is sawn off and the saw spins like a circular saw. What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** saw · **What happens:** sawn off, spin, be · **To what, where:** cast, film

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, a man's cast is sawn off and the saw spins like a circular saw.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t4:1
# text = In a film, a man's cast is sawn off and the saw spins like a circular saw.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	cast	cast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	sawn	sawn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	saw	saw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	circular	circular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	saw	saw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sawn off** | present · passive |  | a man's cast |  | a film |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spin** | present | the saw |  |  |  |  | like a circular saw | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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:* What's wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t4:2
# text = What's wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nothing, cast saws really do spin very fast like that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t4:o1:1
# text = Nothing, cast saws really do spin very fast like that
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	cast	cast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	saws	saw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	spin	spin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | present · do-support | Nothing saws |  |  |  |  | like that; fast *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Casts are taken off with scissors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t4:o2:1
# text = Casts are taken off with scissors
1	Casts	cast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take off** | present · passive |  | Casts |  |  |  | with scissors | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Cast saws wobble back and forth, not spin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t4:o3:1
# text = Cast saws wobble back and forth, not spin
1	Cast	cast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	saws	saw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wobble	wobble	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	spin	spin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wobble** | present | Cast saws |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cast saws are made of paper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t4:o4:1
# text = Cast saws are made of paper
1	Cast	cast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	saws	saw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Cast saws |  |  |  | of paper | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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