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title: Which part of the healing arm is in danger if the cast is too tight? — The cast: itching, signing and the saw · tree and pragmatics
description: Which part of the healing arm is in danger if the cast is too tight? Test 8 · ★ 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 8 · ★ · The cast: itching, signing and the saw

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Which part of the healing arm is in danger if the cast is too tight?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** part, cast · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** danger

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t8:1
# text = Which part of the healing arm is in danger if the cast is too tight?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	healing	healing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cast	cast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	too	too	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which part of the healing arm |  |  | danger |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the cast |  |  |  |  | tight *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Blood vessels and nerves being squeezed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t8:o1:1
# text = Blood vessels and nerves being squeezed
1	Blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	nerves	nerve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squeeze** | gerund · passive |  | Blood vessels and nerves |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The cast cracking open from the inside out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t8:o2:1
# text = The cast cracking open from the inside out
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cast	cast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	cracking	crack	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	inside	inside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | gerund | the cast *not said here* |  |  | the inside |  | open *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The skin getting too warm to itch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t8:o3:1
# text = The skin getting too warm to itch
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	itch	itch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund | the skin |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **itch** | to-infinitive | the skin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The bone growing too long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t8:o4:1
# text = The bone growing too long
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | gerund | the bone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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