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title: Banged my elbow and my little finger went all tingly, lol it's not f… — Sprains, strains and bruises · tree and pragmatics
description: Banged my elbow and my little finger went all tingly, lol it's not funny! Why the tingle? Test 4 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 right.
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# Test 4 · Sprains, strains and bruises

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Banged my elbow and my little finger went all tingly, lol it's not funny! Why the tingle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little finger, finger · **What happens:** bang, go, not be · **To what, where:** elbow

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Banged my elbow and my little finger went all tingly, lol it's not funny!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t4:1
# text = Banged my elbow and my little finger went all tingly, lol it's not funny!
1	Banged	bang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	elbow	elbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	tingly	tingly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	16	discourse	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bang** | participle |  | my elbow |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location elbow=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past | my little finger |  |  |  |  | tingly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **is** | present | finger |  |  |  |  | funny *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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why the tingle?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t4:2
# text = Why the tingle?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tingle	tingle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Your finger fell asleep from boredom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t4:o1:1
# text = Your finger fell asleep from boredom
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	boredom	boredom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | Your finger |  |  | boredom |  | asleep *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from boredom=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You cracked the elbow bone and it's leaking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t4:o2:1
# text = You cracked the elbow bone and it's leaking
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cracked	crack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	elbow	elbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	leaking	leak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | past | You | the elbow bone |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bone=Theme |
| 2 | **leak** | present · progressive | bone |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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You knocked a nerve that runs to the little finger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t4:o3:1
# text = You knocked a nerve that runs to the little finger
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nerve	nerve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock** | past | You | a nerve |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent nerve=Patient |
| 2 | **run** | present | a nerve |  |  |  |  | to the little finger *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to finger=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Your blood stopped flowing to that hand for a bit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t4:o4:1
# text = Your blood stopped flowing to that hand for a bit
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	flowing	flow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | Your blood |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **flow** | gerund | Your blood *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to that hand; for a bit | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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