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title: My arm came out of the cast all thin and gross. Is it ruined for ever? — The cast: itching, signing and the saw · tree and pragmatics
description: My arm came out of the cast all thin and gross. Is it ruined for ever? Test 5 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · The cast: itching, signing and the saw

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My arm came out of the cast all thin and gross. Is it ruined for ever?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** arm · **What happens:** come out, ruin · **To what, where:** cast, arm

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* My arm came out of the cast all thin and gross.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t5:1
# text = My arm came out of the cast all thin and gross.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cast	cast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	gross	gross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | past | My arm | the cast |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient cast=Result |

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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:* Is it ruined for ever?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t5:2
# text = Is it ruined for ever?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ruin** | present · passive |  | arm |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, unless you eat raw eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t5:o1:1
# text = Yes, unless you eat raw eggs
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	raw	raw	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | you | raw eggs |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, it will stay thin for life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t5:o2:1
# text = Yes, it will stay thin for life
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	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	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | future | it |  |  |  |  | for life; thin *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, but the hair on it stays dark and thick for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t5:o3:1
# text = No, but the hair on it stays dark and thick for ever
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
8	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | the hair on it |  |  |  |  | dark *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, the muscle and skin come back with normal use

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t5:o4:1
# text = No, the muscle and skin come back with normal use
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | present | the muscle and skin |  |  |  |  | with normal use | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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