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# Test 9 · ★ · The cast: itching, signing and the saw

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Grace has a boot for her broken ankle, and Ollie says hers isn't a real break. Who is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grace, Ollie · **What happens:** have, break, say, not be, be · **To what, where:** boot, real break · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grace has a boot for her broken ankle, and Ollie says hers isn't a real break.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t9:1
# text = Grace has a boot for her broken ankle, and Ollie says hers isn't a real break.
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boot	boot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	ankle	ankle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
13	hers	her	PRON	PRP	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Grace | a boot |  |  |  | for Grace's broken ankle | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Patient |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ollie |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **not** **is a** | present | Ollie | a real break |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Who is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t9:2
# text = Who is right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	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 |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ollie; real breaks always need plaster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t9:o1:1
# text = Ollie; real breaks always need plaster
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	breaks	break	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	plaster	plaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | real breaks | plaster |  |  |  | Ollie *vocative*; always *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot plaster=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Neither; boots are for walking in snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t9:o2:1
# text = Neither; boots are for walking in snow
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present · progressive | boots |  |  | snow |  | neither *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in snow=Trajectory |

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

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Grace; a boot is just the right tool for that kind of break

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t9:o3:1
# text = Grace; a boot is just the right tool for that kind of break
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boot	boot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tool	tool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a boot | the right tool |  |  |  | for that kind of break | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ollie; boots are only for sprains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw:t9:o4:1
# text = Ollie; boots are only for sprains
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sprains	sprain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ollie boots |  |  |  |  | for sprains | tree rules |

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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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