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title: My mate says pressing your bruise makes it go away faster. Right? — Sprains, strains and bruises · tree and pragmatics
description: My mate says pressing your bruise makes it go away faster. Right? Test 3 of lesson 3 «Sprains, strains and bruises» 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 3 · Sprains, strains and bruises

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My mate says pressing your bruise makes it go away faster. Right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, pressing, bruise, your · **What happens:** say, press, make, go away, bruise · **To what, where:** bruise · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 3 «Sprains, strains and bruises» 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/3-sprains-strains-and-bruises/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* My mate says pressing your bruise makes it go away faster.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t3:1
# text = My mate says pressing your bruise makes it go away faster.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	pressing	press	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bruise	bruise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | My mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **press** | gerund |  | your bruise |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bruise=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | present | pressing | bruise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go away** | infinitive | bruise *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away, fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **bruise** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom bruise «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t3:2
# text = Right?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, you have to rub it with salt to make it go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t3:o1:1
# text = No, you have to rub it with salt to make it go
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	rub	rub	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rub** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with salt | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with salt=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | salt |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | infinitive | salt *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, pressing pushes the old blood away quicker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, pressing pushes the old blood away quicker
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pressing	press	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	quicker	quick	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **push** | present |  | the old blood |  |  |  | away, quick *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme |

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

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No, pressing on a bruise does not speed healing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t3:o3:1
# text = No, pressing on a bruise does not speed healing
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	pressing	press	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bruise	bruise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	speed	speed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	healing	healing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | on a bruise | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on bruise=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **speed** | present · do-support | pressing | healing |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent healing=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, three hard presses a day does it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, three hard presses a day does it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	presses	press	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | a day | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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